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FXUS01 KWBC 201934
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
233 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
VALID 00Z SAT FEB 21 2026 - 00Z MON FEB 23 2026
..HEAVY SNOW FOR THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST
..HEAVY SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
..RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER THE NORTHWEST
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES EASTWARD OUT OVER
THE ATLANTIC BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE
LAKE-ENHANCED SNOW AND THEN LAKE-EFFECT SNOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH MONDAY.
MEANWHILE, LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE
STORM WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING, AND THEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
THE STORM WILL TRANSFER ENERGY INTO A LOW-PRESSURE WAVE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY
AS IT MOVES EASTWARD OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC.
OVERNIGHT SATURDAY, SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC, BECOMING HEAVY BY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
SUNDAY EVENING.
IN THE MEANTIME, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND THE GREAT BASIN, WHICH WILL END
BY SATURDAY MORNING. ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE RAIN OVER PARTS OF
THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTS ON FRIDAY EVENING. A
WARM FRONT MOVES ONSHORE OVER THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO EVENING, AS RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW INCREASES OVER THE
REGION AND SPREADS FARTHER INLAND SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
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