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FXUS01 KWBC 250740
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
239 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2026
VALID 12Z SUN JAN 25 2026 - 12Z TUE JAN 27 2026
..HEAVY SNOW FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE NORTHEAST
...CATASTROPHIC ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
TO THE MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTHEAST...
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON SUNDAY...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL MOVE OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY MONDAY. A SECOND LOW ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BEFORE
MOVING EASTWARD OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BY MONDAY EVENING.
COLD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL MOVE
SOUTHWARD TO EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS BY MONDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE NORTHEAST AND
RAIN/FREEZING RAIN FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
UP TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WILL FALL OVER NEW ENGLAND, AND 0.50 INCHES
OF FREEZING RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND OHIO/TENNESSEE
VALLEYS. FURTHERMORE, HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SUNDAY AND PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON
MONDAY. 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 DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT
LAKES SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CANADA WILL
MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY, PRODUCING
LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY, UPSLOPE FLOW
WILL CREATE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE, SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS, TORNADOES, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF HAIL.
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