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FXUS01 KWBC 121802
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
102 PM EST THU FEB 12 2026
VALID 00Z FRI FEB 13 2026 - 00Z SUN FEB 15 2026
...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORECAST TO BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPIATION
TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THIS WEEKEND...
...SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE INTERIOR
WEST AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST...
..WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PLAINS
A RELATIVELY DRY PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NATION THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IN
PLACE. HOWEVER, A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION ON FRIDAY WILL BRING INCREASING PRECIPITATION
CHANCES TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOUTHERLY
FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE UP FROM THE
GULF INTO THE SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S. ON SATURDAY, WHICH WILL LIKELY
SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, AND POTENTIALLY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BY SUNDAY, THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO
THE SOUTHEAST, WITH EXPANDING PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN PLACE, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION ON FRIDAY AND IN THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS ON SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE ALSO FORECAST TO INCREASE ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND AS A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES
ONSHORE. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MIXED PRECIPITATION AND RAIN TO LOWER
ELEVATIONS. BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO RETURN TO THE INTERIOR
NORTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES
SOUTH TOWARDS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURE-WISE, ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE FOR
MUCH OF NATION, ESPECIALLY OVER PLAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
15-30 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE 50S TO 70S.
ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COASTS, TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE
NEAR AVERAGE WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN AREAS OF
PRECIPITATION.
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