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FXUS01 KWBC 240631
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
130 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2026
VALID 12Z SAT JAN 24 2026 - 12Z MON JAN 26 2026
...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC/NORTHEAST...
...CATASTROPHIC ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC/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. LOW PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE GULF
COAST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, STREAMING MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER
THE COLD AIR. A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST COAST AND 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 THROUGH MONDAY. THE STORM
DEVELOPS HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A BROAD REGION FROM THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES AND PLAINS THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. SNOWFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING TWELVE INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY, MID-ATLANTIC, AND NORTHEAST, CREATING WIDESPREAD
TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS. SOUTH OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW, A STRIPE OF
SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3 INCHES IS LIKELY.
IN ADDITION, WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY, AND THE SOUTHEAST. IMPACTS FROM THE STORM MAY
INCLUDE LONG-DURATION POWER OUTAGES, EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE, AND
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPASSABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. CATASTROPHIC
IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED WHERE FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS EXCEED A HALF
INCH, WITH OVER ONE INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN
LOUISIANA, CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN TENNESSEE,
AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. 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, LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPSLOPE SNOW WILL
ALSO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. FURTHERMORE, AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO
NORTHWESTERN MEXICO WILL DEVELOP LOWER-ELEVATION RAIN AND
HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST SATURDAY AND SNOW OVER
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.
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