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FXUS01 KWBC 170711
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
208 AM EST SAT JAN 17 2026
VALID 12Z SAT JAN 17 2026 - 12Z MON JAN 19 2026
...SNOW SQUALLS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR
PORTIONS OF OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
U.S. THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
AN AMPLIFIED TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AS IT SWINGS THROUGH THE EASTERN
U.S. THIS WEEKEND. SNOW SQUALLS MAY CONTINUE ALONG AND BEHIND AN
ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TODAY. IN THE
MIDWEST, GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE A CONCERN.
CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY IN SNOW SQUALLS, CREATING DANGEROUS
TRAVEL FOR MOTORISTS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A SNOW SQUALL WHILE DRIVING
AND CANNOT SAFELY EXIT THE ROADWAY, REDUCE SPEED, TURN ON YOUR
LIGHTS AND HAZARDS AND AVOID SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO BELOW ZERO OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST WILL BE WELL BELOW
AVERAGE AS WELL TODAY.
A SHORTWAVE WILL DIVE SOUTH INTO THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S. BEGINNING
TONIGHT. A POTENT SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GENERATE YET
ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY CONDITIONS OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY. COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS SHIFT INTO THE
MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
ELSEWHERE, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE
ACROSS THE WEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A
VERY PERSISTENT RIDGE ALOFT.
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