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FXUS01 KWBC 252035
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2026
VALID 00Z MON JAN 26 2026 - 00Z WED JAN 28 2026
...AN EXPANSIVE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES, INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND SEVERE ICING FROM
THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TO THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...THE SAME STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF COAST REGION INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...
...RECORD-BREAKING COLD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING; RECORD COLD POSSIBLE
ACROSS INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC TUESDAY MORNING...
AN EXPANSIVE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BE IN PROGRESS FROM THE
MIDWEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST WHILE HEAVY ICING IS ONGOING
ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTION OF THE EAST COAST AS FAR SOUTH AS THE
NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER STORM WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A NEW LOW PRESSURE
CENTER DEVELOPS JUST OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND THEN SLIDES
OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST
TO OVERSPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
STATE FOLLOWED BY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TONIGHT
BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF FINALLY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW
ENGLAND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL OF A FOOT
TO LOCALLY 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND NEW
ENGLAND INCLUDING BOSTON AND NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METROPOLITAN
AREAS. MEANWHILE, A WIDE SWATH OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
AREAS JUST TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC INTO
COASTAL NEW ENGLAND BEFORE ENDING AS A WINTRY MIX THIS EVENING.
STILL FARTHER SOUTH, SEVERE ICING IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERIOR
EAST COAST AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA,
GEORGIA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.
IN ADDITION, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF COAST REGION ALONG WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.
THE ENTIRE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST INTO THE
ATLANTIC ON MONDAY. ARCTIC AIR WILL THEN RUSH IN BEHIND THE STORM
SYSTEM AND BRING BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN
FACT, BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PENETRATE SOUTH OF
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS MONDAY MORNING, ALONG WITH BELOW ZERO READINGS
ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO OKLAHOMA. THESE BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT RECORD-BREAKING LEVELS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. IN ADDITION, BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS! MORE RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING AS LOW TEMPERATURES DIPS INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS ACROSS THE INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC, WHICH WILL CHALLENGE SOME
RECORDS.
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST, FRIGID
TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE -10S TO -20S ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY
MORNING. AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL THEN ARRIVE MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE
MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY, BRINGING SNOW SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLY BRIEF PERIODS OF SNOW SQUALL ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SOME LATE ON MONDAY BEFORE A
REPLENISHMENT OF ARCTIC ARRIVES ON TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHERN U.S.
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, A
REINFORCING ARCTIC FRONT IS BRINGING A PERIOD OF SNOW INTO THE
COLORADO ROCKIES AND THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT.
SOME SNOW IS ALSO IN PROGRESS ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS INTO EARLY
THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE, THE ENTIRE WESTERN U.S. WILL REMAIN
QUIET WEATHERWISE, WHERE GENERALLY MILDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN CONTRAST TO THE COLD AND WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY. ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, LAKE-EFFECT
SNOWS CAN BE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONGOING WINTER STORM
ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THE SUNSHINE STATE WILL SEE BELOW
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE/NORTHERN PENINSULA
TUESDAY MORNING.
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