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FXUS01 KWBC 221955
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
254 PM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
VALID 00Z MON FEB 23 2026 - 00Z WED FEB 25 2026
..MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHEAST
..HEAVY SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST
..SNOW FOR THE GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY
LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO
EASTERN CANADA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC INTO THE NORTHEAST FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY AS A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST. SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR
WILL OCCUR AT TIMES, WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS ONE TO TWO
FEET, RESULTING IN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
FURTHERMORE, THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS
WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS FROM THE
DELMARVA PENINSULA THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND. SHARPLY
REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS ACROSS
THESE AREAS. WIND GUSTS OF 40-70 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM COASTAL NEW
JERSEY INTO SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND. THESE STRONG WINDS, COMBINED
WITH THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY, WET SNOW, WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION, MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING, WITH ROAD AND PROPERTY INUNDATION NEAR THE WATERFRONT,
IS MOST LIKELY FROM DELAWARE TO CAPE COD. IN ADDITION, LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE, ONSHORE FLOW OFF THE PACIFIC WILL PRODUCE COASTAL RAIN
AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO
THE NORTHWEST, CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE
LOWER-ELEVATION RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, EXPANDING INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND
CENTRAL ROCKIES, FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
ADDITIONALLY, LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS
WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT
LAKES ON TUESDAY, EXPANDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY, LOWER GREAT
LAKES, AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY TUESDAY EVENING.
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