904
FXUS01 KWBC 230715
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
214 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2026
VALID 12Z FRI JAN 23 2026 - 12Z SUN JAN 25 2026
...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MIDDLE/LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
...CATASTROPHIC ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE
SOUTHEAST...
...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTHEAST...
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING SOUTHWARD FROM CENTRAL CANADA WILL BRING
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE PLAINS, THE GREAT LAKES, AND
THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC. WHILE LOW PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE
GULF COAST, A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT, LONG-DURATION WINTER STORM,
WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN FROM THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO NEW ENGLAND, LASTING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. THE STORM DEVELOPS HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A BROAD REGION FROM
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC AND INTO
THE NORTHEAST. SNOWFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING TWELVE INCHES ARE LIKELY
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY, MID-ATLANTIC, AND NORTHEAST, CREATING
WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS.
IN ADDITION, WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY, AND THE SOUTHEAST. THE STORM WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT TO LOCALLY CATASTROPHIC ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR LONG-DURATION POWER OUTAGES, EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE,
AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPASSABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN THE
WAKE OF THE STORM, COMMUNITIES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE
NORTHEAST WILL CONTEND WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL CAUSE PROLONGED HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS.
MOREOVER, HEAVY LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES
FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY, HEAVY SNOW
FROM THE STORM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL INCH INTO THE GREAT
LAKES. ADDITIONALLY, UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CREATE SNOW OVER PARTS OF
THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
FURTHERMORE, AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
WILL DEVELOP LOWER-ELEVATION RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER
THE SOUTHWEST FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
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