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FXUS01 KWBC 050803
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
259 AM EST THU FEB 05 2026
VALID 12Z THU FEB 05 2026 - 12Z SAT FEB 07 2026
...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF...
...A PAIR OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO
LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW FOR THE GREAT LAKES TODAY AND INTO FRIDAY...
...AN ARCTIC BLAST WILL BRING FRIGID TEMPERATURES BACK TO THE
NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC BY THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY SNOW SQUALLS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC THIS MORNING IS GRADUALLY
MOVING OFF THE COAST OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES OVER THE WARM WATERS OF
THE GULF STREAM BY THIS EVENING WHILE BEGINNING TO MOVE RAPIDLY
AWAY FROM THE U.S. PRECIPITATION FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE
SOUTHEAST WILL BE TAPERING OFF THIS MORNING. ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA, SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF
THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY BEFORE
ENDING THIS EVENING.
BEHIND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, A REPLENISHMENT OF ARCTIC AIR
WILL ENVELOP THE EASTERN U.S. WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
REACHING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY FRIDAY MORNING
BEFORE MODERATING THIS WEEKEND. IN THE MEANTIME, MUCH OF THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY WILL REMAIN DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FROM THE WESTERN U.S. TO THE GREAT PLAINS
WITH A SIGNIFICANT WARM UP EXPANDING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST. MEANWHILE, A PAIR OF FRONTAL
SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW FOR
THE GREAT LAKES TODAY BEFORE AN INTENSE SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR
ARRIVES FROM CANADA ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS UPCOMING
SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FIRST REACH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON
FRIDAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SNOW SQUALLS FOLLOWED BY
RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING
SHOULD SEE THE ARCTIC FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE ENTIRE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW
SQUALLS FOLLOWED BY RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES TOGETHER WITH
BLUSTERY TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE
WINDS, POTENTIALLY GUSTING OVER 50MPH FOR THE ENTIRE NORTHEAST,
WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. IN
ADDITION, WIND CHILLS WITH VALUES IN THE -30S 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.
KONG
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