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FXUS01 KWBC 100800
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
259 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2026
VALID 12Z TUE FEB 10 2026 - 12Z THU FEB 12 2026
...PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND HEAVY HIGH
ELEVATION SNOW TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SIERRA THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...
...MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED WITH PASSING CLIPPER SYSTEM IN THE
INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY...
...ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY
THROUGH MID-WEEK....
A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE/WEAK ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER TO CALIFORNIA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MOST COASTAL
LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN CENTRAL VALLEYS WILL SEE
MODERATE RAINFALL WITH BOTH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE,
WHILE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE SIERRA. SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL TREND DOWNWARD
THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND WITH
PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASING FROM THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN EAST
THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WASATCH AND
ROCKIES WILL SEE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW, WITH LIGHTER RAIN
SHOWERS FOR LOWER ELEVATION/VALLEY LOCATIONS. SOME WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN TO MIX IN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND TEMPERATURES COOL, THOUGH LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
A CLIPPER SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST/NEW
ENGLAND TODAY WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL, PARTICULARLY
FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK THROUGH CENTRAL/NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A
WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
AREAS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE
SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY DEPART THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY BRINGING AN END
TO THE PRECIPITATION FOR MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, COLD
POST-FRONTAL FLOW WILL BRING SOME LAKE-EFFECT SNOWS DOWNWIND OF
LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL
POSSIBLE FOR UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE APPALACHIANS. ELSEWHERE,
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A TRAILING
COLD FRONT FROM THE OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST TEXAS ON
TUESDAY. A FEW ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY.
ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY
THROUGH MID-WEEK, INCLUDING FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. AS
TEMPERATURES MODERATE FOLLOWING A MUCH COLDER PERIOD THE PAST
WEEK. PERIODIC FRONTAL PASSAGES WILL BRING SOME DAY-TO-DAY
VARIATIONS, INCLUDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE RELATIVELY COOLER THAN THEY WERE OVER THE
WEEKEND, BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL STILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE TO
SOME DEGREE. FORECAST HIGHS GENERALLY RANGE IN THE 30S AND 40S
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER, 50S AND 60S THROUGH THE CENTRAL
PLAINS/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND 60S AND 70S FROM THE
SOUTHWEST EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO AVERAGE ALONG THE WEST COAST
AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WITH THE MORE ACTIVE
STORM PATTERN, WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S FOR THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST, 50S FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AND 50S AND 60S FOR
CALIFORNIA. WHILE RELATIVELY WARMER COMPARED TO THIS PAST WEEKEND,
CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE AROUND AVERAGE FOR NEW ENGLAND AND THE
MID-ATLANTIC, WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S AND 30S NORTH AND 40S SOUTH.
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