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FXUS01 KWBC 251946
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
245 PM EST WED FEB 25 2026
VALID 00Z THU FEB 26 2026 - 00Z SAT FEB 28 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY...
...CLIPPER SYSTEM TO BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST, AND
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHEAST BEGINNING ON THURSDAY...
...WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
WEST, BEFORE PRECIPITATION RETURNS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
ROCKIES IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM TO END THE WEEK...
IN THE NORTHWEST, DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE MOVES IN, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF UPSLOPE FLOW BRINGING WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN PARTS
OF WASHINGTON. TO ACCOMPANY THE DRY WEATHER OUT WEST, WELL
ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WEST, INTO THE PLAINS STATES, BEFORE MOVING INTO THE
SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
BE ESPECIALLY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WITH LOCATIONS IN
ARIZONA, SOUTHERN TEXAS, AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA EXCEEDING 90
DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF DRIER WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS
OF THE PLAINS HAS RESULTED IN THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER ISSUING
A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK, WITH RED FLAG WARNINGS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
MEANWHILE FURTHER EAST, A PAIR OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION TO PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AFTER LAST WEEKENDâ€S
WINTER STORM. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT IS THEN FORECAST TO EXTEND DOWN
INTO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST, BRINGING ALONG WITH IT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL THEN
CONTINUE ITS WAY SOUTHEASTWARD, AS FAR SOUTH AS FLORIDA, WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO END THE WORK WEEK.
EARLY INTO THE WEEKEND, A SECONDARY CLIPPER IS ANTICIPATED TO DIVE
OUT OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AND BRING UPSLOPE SNOWFALL IN THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS. EARLY WEEKEND IMPACTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN
RELATIVELY MINOR, BUT IT WILL RESULT IN A RETURN OF PRECIPITATION
TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS, THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST, AND PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN.
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