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FXUS01 KWBC 240714
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
213 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026
VALID 12Z TUE FEB 24 2026 - 12Z THU FEB 26 2026
..CLIPPER SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY
...PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD
POTENTIAL TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...
...UNSETTLED WEATHER, WITH HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW, ACROSS THE WEST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THE MAJOR NOR'EASTER THAT IMPACTED THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NATION TODAY, TRACKING ALONG
THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, THEN WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER AWAY.
MEANWHILE, A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL SWING ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL
U.S. TODAY, BRINGING A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION. AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES EAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, HEAVY
SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND SNOW SHOWERS
WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST. BRISK
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT LAKE
EFFECT SNOWS DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
IN THE WEST, A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE UNSETTLED
WEATHER, WITH HEAVY SNOW IN THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN ROCKIES,
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD
FRONT JUST OFFSHORE IN THE PACIFIC WILL DIRECT MOISTURE INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, RESULTING IN HEAVY RAIN TODAY. FLOODING WILL
BE POSSIBLE NEAR STEEP TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. PRECIPITATION
SHOULD TAPER OFF ACROSS CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES
ONSHORE AND WEAKENS.
THE FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WILL FINALLY GAIN
MOMENTUM DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS A WAVE OF UPPER LEVEL
ENERGY MOVES OVERHEAD. THE SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY AND TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER LEVEL
WAVE, WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR THE SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY.
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WORK WEEK
ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL U.S. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER ALONG
THE EAST COAST TODAY, THEN TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE BACK TO NEAR
AVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY. BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE CLIPPER SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES AND NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
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