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FXUS01 KWBC 051922
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
220 PM EST THU FEB 05 2026
VALID 00Z FRI FEB 06 2026 - 00Z SUN FEB 08 2026
...FRONTAL/CLIPPER SYSTEMS TO BRING SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION
TO THE GREAT LAKES...
...FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC, BRINGING SNOW AND POTENTIALLY SNOW SQUALLS TO THE
NORTHEAST...
...WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE SET TO CONTINUE IN THE
WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE U.S., ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...
A SHORTWAVE MID-LEVEL TROUGH LOCATED UPWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES
WILL HELP TO SUSTAIN VARIOUS SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEMS, MOVING THEM
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. THIS WILL BRING SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING INTO
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST. THE
NORTHEAST WILL SEE SNOWFALL BEGIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUING
THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE SYSTEMS MAKE THEIR WAY OFFSHORE. PORTIONS
OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, INCLUDING VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, SHOULD
ALSO EXPECT TO SEE PRECIPITATION, ALBEIT LIGHTER AND IN THE FORM
OF MIXED PRECIPITATION AND RAIN.
OFF THE BACK OF THESE FRONTAL SYSTEMS, A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR IS
SET TO RETURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC, BRINGING BACK
FRIGID CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE FRONTAL
SYSTEMS DEPART, STRONG WINDS, POTENTIALLY GUSTING OVER 50MPH, WILL
EXACERBATE EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILLS. WIND CHILLS IN THE -30S ARE
FORECAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES, MEANWHILE, WILL STRUGGLE TO EXCEED
THE TEENS. ALONGSIDE THESE FRIGID CONDITIONS, STRONG WINDS AND
SNOWFALL WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS AND
BLOWING SNOW. 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.
OVER THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY, CALM AND
WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL EXPERIENCE
PARTICULARLY UNSEASONABLE WARM TEMPERATURES, POTENTIALLY REACHING
70 DEGREES. IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THE ONGOING DRIER PERIOD IS
EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END ON SATURDAY MORNING, AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE PACIFIC. GIVEN THE ABOVE-AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES, MOST PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO FALL AS
RAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE UPSLOPE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS, WHICH
WILL EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX.
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