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FXUS01 KWBC 071956
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
255 PM EST SAT FEB 07 2026
VALID 00Z SUN FEB 08 2026 - 00Z TUE FEB 10 2026
... DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES, OHIO VALLEY, MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...
...A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND
HIGH-ELEVATION SNOW FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES...
...WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL TO WESTERN U.S....
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS FILTERING DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES,
OHIO VALLEY, MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT EXITING OFF THE EAST COAST AND
WITH HIGH PRESSURE DROPPING SOUTH FROM CANADA. A COMBINATION OF
RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURES AND RECORD LOW MIN TEMPERATURES WILL
BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES IN GENERAL ABOUT 20 TO 30+ DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
STRONG WINDS GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT COUPLED WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOCALLY
BELOW ZERO ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST WILL
RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THESE WIND CHILLS MAY
REACH AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS NEW YORK AND THE
INTERIOR OF NEW ENGLAND. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL POSE A
LIFE-THREATENING RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED
SKIN. MEANWHILE, SOME LINGERING SNOWFALL WILL BE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND AS A COASTAL TROUGH AND THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT LINGER NEARBY, BUT CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS THESE FEATURES EXIT OUT TO SEA.
A MODEST ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT IMPACTING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THIS EVENING WILL ADVANCE FARTHER INLAND THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY
INTO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND ALSO IMPACTING AREAS AS
FAR SOUTH AS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL FAVOR
AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FOR THE COASTAL RANGES OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON, OREGON AND NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA, WITH HEAVY
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED FARTHER INLAND ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. AS MUCH AS 1 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN OREGON, WITH UPWARDS OF 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW
EXPECTED FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES.
WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN U.S. UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE GREATEST
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES WILL BE FOCUSED OVER THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS, WHERE HIGHS IN THE 50S, 60S, AND EVEN LOW 70S ARE
EXPECTED WHICH WILL BE AS MUCH AS 30 TO 40 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
FOR EARLY FEBRUARY. HIGHS FOR THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL ALSO BE
IN THE 50S AND 60S WHILE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, SOUTHWEST, AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 70S TO MID-80S. HIGHS
WILL BE CLOSER TO AVERAGE FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE WEST COAST DUE
TO THE INCOMING PACIFIC COLD FRONT, WITH 40S AND 50S FOR THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND 50S AND 60S INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
THE MILD TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED GENERALLY BY A LOT OF DRY AIR, AND THE RESULTING LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL PROMOTE LOCALLY
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE
THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING, WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST COLORADO.
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