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FXUS01 KWBC 290654
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
154 AM EST THU JAN 29 2026
VALID 12Z THU JAN 29 2026 - 12Z SAT JAN 31 2026
..WINTER STORM FOR THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
..LAKE-EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT LAKES
..SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC TO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND THEN TO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL DEVELOP A WAVE OF
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY
THURSDAY EVENING. THE WAVE WILL MOVE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
AND REACH THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING. ON SATURDAY, THE
STORM WILL BEGIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST.
THE STORM WILL PRODUCE SNOW AND RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE
MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THURSDAY EVENING, THEN MOVE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS ON FRIDAY MORNING.
BY FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY, THE SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST.
THIS RAPIDLY DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE POWERFUL ONSHORE
WINDS ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER
BANKS NORTHWARD. WIND GUSTS NEAR HURRICANE-FORCE WILL COINCIDE
WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES, PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. IN ADDITION, NEAR-BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA, WITH SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS.
IN ADDITION, HIGH PRESSURE MOVING SOUTHWARD OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA
WILL CREATE UPSLOPE SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS FROM
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. MOREOVER, LOW PRESSURE MOVING
ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY MORNING. IN THE MEANTIME, LAKE-EFFECT
SNOW WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND FROM THE GREAT LAKES FROM THURSDAY INTO
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. FURTHERMORE, WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE
LIGHT RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA FROM THURSDAY INTO
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE, ONSHORE FLOW OFF THE PACIFIC WILL
PRODUCE COASTAL RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
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