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FXUS01 KWBC 081959
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
259 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2026
VALID 00Z MON FEB 09 2026 - 00Z WED FEB 11 2026
...DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES, OHIO VALLEY, MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...
...LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW CONTINUES FOR
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY...
...WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL TO WESTERN U.S....
A BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS HAS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES TO
NORTHEAST TO MID-ATLANTIC REGION IN THE WAKE OF TWO FRONTAL
PASSAGES AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. LINGERING GUSTY WINDS
WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS THE NEGATIVE
30S ACROSS THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NEW ENGLAND AND THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS ELSEWHERE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE
WEEK, WITH HIGHS MONDAY AND TUESDAY INCREASING BY AROUND 10 DEGREES
OR SO EACH DAY.
ONSHORE FLOW ACCOMPANYING A PACIFIC SYSTEM IS SPREADING
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE ROCKIES
AND GREAT BASIN TODAY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR
LOWER ELEVATIONS/VALLEYS INLAND THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT
BASIN/ROCKIES. RAIN MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX FOR SOME LOWER
ELEVATIONS TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES DROP OVER
NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTH, THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
REMAIN LIMITED. SOME PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED INTO ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. HIGHER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN
RANGES FROM THE SOUTHERN CASCADES TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL SEE
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL
QUICKLY DECREASE INTO THE DAY MONDAY AS THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE
ENDS, WITH THE SNOW LINGERING LONGEST FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES. ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS TO BRING SOME MODERATE LOWER
ELEVATION RAINFALL AND HEAVY HIGH ELEVATION SNOW FURTHER SOUTH
INTO CALIFORNIA AND THE SIERRAS TUESDAY.
THE NORTHERN TIER STATES MAY SEE SOME LIGHT ICING AND SNOW SHOWERS
AS A CLIPPER-LIKE SYSTEM TRACKS ALONG THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER. AS
IT REACHES THE GREAT LAKES REGION IT WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY
YIELDING MODERATE SNOW FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND BY
TUESDAY. MOISTURE ADVECTING AHEAD OF THE FRONT INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL HELP AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART
OF NEXT WEEK ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN U.S. THE
GREATEST ANOMALIES REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE NORTHERN TO CENTRAL
PLAINS, WHERE HIGHS AS WARM AS THE 60S AND 70S ARE UPWARDS OF 35-40
DEGREES ABOVE EARLY FEBRUARY AVERAGES. SOME DAILY RECORD-
TYING/BREAKING HIGHS MAY BE REACHED MONDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CLOSER TO AVERAGE CONDITIONS FOR
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S.
WHILE NOT QUITE AS ANOMALOUS, CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WEST, WITH HIGHS INTO THE 50S AND 60S,
AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER WITH 70S TO LOW 80S FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WEST THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE
INCOMING PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO AVERAGE
FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND NORTHERN GREAT
BASIN, WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL
ALSO SPREAD EAST INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND THEN INTO
PORTIONS OF THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST MONDAY, WITH
HIGHS INCREASING INTO THE 40S AND 50S TO THE NORTH AND 60S AND 70S
TO THE SOUTH.
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