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FXUS01 KWBC 030814
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM EST TUE FEB 03 2026
VALID 12Z TUE FEB 03 2026 - 12Z THU FEB 05 2026
...A LOW PRESSURE WAVE WILL BRING LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM
THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC, AND RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THE SOUTH TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
...ANOMALOUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL
GRADUALLY MODERATE AS THE ARCTIC AIR GETS REINFORCED ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES...
...ANOMALOUS WARMTH EMERGES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AS
CLIPPER SYSTEMS BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...
ONE MORE MORNING OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS
INTO THE 20S ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. AS THE
INTENSE CYCLONE MOVES WELL OUT INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC, THIS
LATEST EXTREME COLD EPISODE WILL COME TO AN END AS A STEADY
MODERATING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BRING TEMPERATURES BACK TO THE 70S
BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WHICH ARE WITHIN NORMAL RANGES FOR EARLY
FEBRUARY.
THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM OF NOTE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL
BE A LOW PRESSURE WAVE, CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS ALONG A FRONTAL ZONE. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM, WITH SUPPORT
FROM A JET STREAM IN THE UPPER LEVELS, IS FORECAST TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH, THEN MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST ON
WEDNESDAY BEFORE REACHING INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BY THURSDAY
MORNING. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF WILL BE INGESTED INTO THE WEATHER
SYSTEM TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING
ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS, WHICH WILL BE EXPANDING THROUGH THE ARKLATEX
REGION THIS AFTERNOON, THEN ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT
BEFORE REACHING INTO THE GULF COAST REGION AND THE SOUTHEAST ON
WEDNESDAY. FARTHER NORTH OF THE SYSTEM, A MODEST REINFORCEMENT OF
ARCTIC AIR INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL SUPPORT A PERIOD OF LIGHT
WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY AND
THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
TRAILING FROM THE LOW PRESSURE WAVE, SHOWERS AND SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT BEFORE REACHING INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BY THURSDAY
MORNING.
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES, A SERIES OF ALBERTA CLIPPERS WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION, BRINGING ONLY OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES MAINLY TODAY. A MODEST REINFORCEMENT OF ARCTIC
AIR WILL REACH INTO THE GREAT LAKES BUT ANOMALOUS WARMTH WILL
EMERGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS ESPECIALLY BY THURSDAY AS A
STRONGER CLIPPER IN CANADA INDUCES STRONGER DOWNSLOPE WINDS FROM
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. MEANWHILE, MUCH OF THE WESTERN U.S. WILL
REMAIN MILD AND DRY.
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