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FXUS01 KWBC 041914
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
212 PM EST WED FEB 04 2026
VALID 00Z THU FEB 05 2026 - 00Z SAT FEB 07 2026
...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SET TO CONTINUE BRINGING RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TODAY, WITH LIGHT
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC...
...PASSAGES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO
LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW FOR THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY AND INTO
FRIDAY...
...AN ARCTIC BLAST WILL BRING FRIGID TEMPERATURES BACK TO THE
NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC THIS WEEKEND...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE GULF COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND
LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. RELATIVELY WARM
WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPORTED
INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE, A FRONT OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC
WILL BE SUPPORTED BY COLDER AIR COMING FROM THE GREAT LAKES
REGION, BRINGING LIGHT SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FLORIDA, WHERE
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
BEHIND THE SYSTEM, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE
EASTERN U.S., WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK IN.
TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ARE FORECAST BY
THURSDAY MORNING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST. AN
ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS THEN EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC BEGINNING OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INTRUSION OF THIS AIR
MASS WILL BRING WITH IT STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY COLD WIND
CHILLS, WITH VALUES IN THE -30S FORECAST IN THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST
AND NEW ENGLAND. THESE STRONG WINDS, POTENTIALLY GUSTING OVER
50MPH, WILL ALSO POTENTIALLY PRODUCE ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILLS THIS EXTREME WILL POSE A
LIFE-THREATENING RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED
SKIN. LIMIT TIME OUTDOORS, COVER EXPOSED SKIN IF OUTSIDE, AND TAKE
STEPS TO PREVENT FROZEN PIPES.
MEANWHILE ON THURSDAY, SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES, AS A WARM FRONT MOVES IN AHEAD.
THIS FRONT WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS, AND POSSIBLY
SNOW SQUALLS OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY FRIDAY. MUCH OF THE
WESTERN U.S. WILL REMAIN DRY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITIONS UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF A PERSISTENT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE. A SIGNIFICANT
WARM UP WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS, EXPANDING
EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
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