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FXUS01 KWBC 262012
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM EST MON JAN 26 2026
VALID 00Z TUE JAN 27 2026 - 00Z THU JAN 29 2026
...SNOW EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...
...MUCH OF THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY WILL REMAIN IN A
DEEP FREEZE FOLLOWING THE EXPANSIVE MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH
LAKE-EFFECT SNOW LINGERING DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT LAKES...
...NEXT PACIFIC FRONT BRINGS LOW-ELEVATION RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW
INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY...
THE TAIL END OF THE EXPANSIVE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON WHERE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT. THE ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL SLIDE FARTHER EAST TONIGHT, ALLOWING THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF.
WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE MOST RECENT WINTER STORM THAT WREAKED
HAVOC IN TERMS OF THE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY, SUNSHINE AND MUCH LESS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL RETURN TO MUCH
OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER, THE
UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR ARCTIC AIR INTRUSIONS
INTO THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. IN ADDITION, THE
COOLING TENDENCY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNUSUALLY EXPANSIVE SNOWFALL
AND ICE ALREADY ON THE GROUND FROM THE MOST RECENT WINTER STORM
WILL TEND TO SUSTAIN THE DEEP FREEZE CURRENTLY ENGULFING THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. IN FACT, MORE WIDESPREAD
RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING AS LOW
TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS, AND AROUND THE
FREEZING MARK NEAR BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. ACROSS THE INTERIOR
MID-ATLANTIC, TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL
CHALLENGE OR BREAK SOME LONG-STANDING LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR
JANUARY 27TH. EXTREME COLD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE
STRETCH OF THE SOUTH EXTENDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AS WELL AS THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, WITH COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT
THROUGH MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. EVEN NORTHERN FLORIDA WILL BE BELOW FREEZING EARLY ON
TUESDAY AS SHOWERS AND CLOUDS CLEAR OUT SOUTHERN FLORIDA BEHIND
THE MAIN COLD FRONT. FREEZE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN
FLORIDA INTO SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AS WELL AS SOUTHERN TEXAS.
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST, AN ALBERTA
CLIPPER WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT 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., WHICH WILL SPREAD EAST TOWARD NEW ENGLAND
ON WEDNESDAY.
MEANWHILE, THE ENTIRE WESTERN U.S. WILL BE QUIET WEATHERWISE,
WHERE GENERALLY MILDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN STARK
CONTRAST TO THE COLD AND RECENT WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT, THE NEXT PACIFIC
FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE WEST COAST AND BRING
LOW-ELEVATION RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, WITH HEAVY
RAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA LATER THAT DAY.
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