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FXUS01 KWBC 250819
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
319 AM EST WED FEB 25 2026
VALID 12Z WED FEB 25 2026 - 12Z FRI FEB 27 2026
...SERIES OF CLIPPER SYSTEMS TO YIELD ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACROSS
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S.; SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
SOUTHEAST...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
TODAY...
AFTER A WET START TO THE WEEK, DRY AND BENIGN WEATHER IS EXPECTED
FOR THE WESTERN U.S. AS AN AMPLIFYING WEST COAST RIDGE SHUTS OFF
STUBBORN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER ACTIVITY ONCE MORE, INCLUDING THE
ONGOING MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL AND LOW ELEVATION RAIN IN THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES. TO ACCOMPANY THE DRY WEATHER OUT WEST, WELL ABOVE-AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST, INTO
THE PLAINS STATES, AND SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHWEST
WILL BE ESPECIALLY WARM, WITH HIGHS IN PARTS OF ARIZONA AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXCEEDING 90 DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARMTH AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS TODAY, WHERE A FEW RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.
MEANWHILE, THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF CLIPPER SYSTEMS WILL TRACK
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST/NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING, LEADING TO MODEST
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS, AND AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
WHICH OVERLAPS WITH AREAS HIT HARD FROM MONDAY'S NOR'EASTER. A
WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS CLIPPER SHOULD ALSO
SPARK SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR IN THE
MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST TOMORROW, WHICH FORTUNATELY SHOULD HELP
WITH THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE REGION. BY THE END OF THE WORK
WEEK, A SECONDARY CLIPPER IS FORECAST TO DIVE OUT OF THE CANADIAN
ROCKIES AND DRIVE UPSLOPE SNOWFALL IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND
NORTHERN PLAINS. HOWEVER, IMPACTS FROM THIS SYSTEM APPEAR
RELATIVELY MINOR.
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