939
FXUS01 KWBC 220823
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
322 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
VALID 12Z SUN FEB 22 2026 - 12Z TUE FEB 24 2026
...POTENT NOR'EASTER LEADS TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND IMPOSSIBLE
TRAVEL ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM NORTH OF BALTIMORE TO BOSTON...
...WET WEATHER RETURNS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA...
MUCH OF OUR ATTENTION THIS MORNING IS FOCUSED OVER THE EASTERN
SEABOARD AHEAD OF A POTENT NOR'EASTER SET TO SPIN-UP ALONG THE
MID-ATLANTIC COASTLINE TODAY. AS OF THIS WRITING, NEARLY 54
MILLION PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM RESIDE WITHIN A WINTER
STORM OR BLIZZARD WARNING FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO COASTAL
MAINE. AS THE LOW CENTER BEGINS TO EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOP LATE
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT, LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS MORNING IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE
I-95 CORRIDOR NORTH OF WASHINGTON D.C., WHERE SNOWFALL RATES WILL
ECLIPSE 2-3" PER HOUR AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND
GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40-70 MPH, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY
MATERIALIZE FROM THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND THROUGH
SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND, MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS IN
THESE AREAS. AS THE STORM REACHES PEAK INTENSITY TOMORROW MORNING,
VERY HEAVY BLOWING SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM PHILADELPHIA TO BOSTON,
ALTHOUGH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE
AS THE STORM EXITS AS QUICKLY AS IT DEVELOPED. BY MONDAY EVENING,
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF FOOT OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED FROM COASTAL
NEW JERSEY THROUGH BOSTON.
ON THE OPPOSITE COASTLINE, WET WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AS A SERIES OF LOW-PRESSURE
SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IMPACT THE COAST. THE
STRONGEST OF THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ALONG
THE WEST COAST MONDAY, WHICH COULD DRIVE ISOLATED INSTANCES OF
FLASH FLOODING OWING TO THE SATURATED SOIL IN THE REGION FROM
PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. RAIN WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE LINGER
OFFSHORE
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