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FXUS01 KWBC 181944
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
244 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026
VALID 00Z MON JAN 19 2026 - 00Z WED JAN 21 2026
..HEAVY SNOW OVER THE LAKES SUPERIOR AND MICHIGAN COASTLINE
..HEAVY SNOW DOWNWIND FROM LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO
LOW PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BY MONDAY. THE STORM
WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN NEW ENGLAND THAT WILL COME TO AN END BY EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
MEANWHILE, LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY MONDAY, AS THE
ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVES OFF THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC COASTS
OVERNIGHT MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW
OVER THE LAKE SUPERIOR AND LAKE MICHIGAN COASTLINE AND DOWNWIND
FROM LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT, LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT
LAKES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
FURTHERMORE, HIGH PRESSURE OVER WEST-CENTRAL CANADA WILL MOVE
SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE TENNESSEE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS BY
TUESDAY MORNING. UPSLOPE FLOW CIRCULATIONS AROUND THE HIGH WILL
PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS/CENTRAL PLAINS FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
MOREOVER, AN AREA OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN
HIGH PLAINS OVERNIGHT MONDAY WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL AID IN PRODUCING
SNOW FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM LATE
TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.
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