714  
FOUS11 KWBC 181910  
QPFHSD  
 
PROBABILISTIC HEAVY SNOW AND ICING DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
310 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2026  
 
VALID 00Z THU MAR 19 2026 - 00Z SUN MAR 22 2026  
   
..UPPER MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST  
 
DAYS 1-3...  
 
A QUIET PATTERN WITH RESPECT TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICING WILL CONTINUE,  
WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW OR SIGNIFICANT ICING NOT EXPECTED ACROSS  
THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 
PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE SLIDING  
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME  
MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT FROM NORTHERN WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST  
INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHERN INDIANA.  
 
MEANWHILE, A MORE AMPLIFIED SHORTWAVE TO THE NORTH WILL SPREAD  
LIGHT SNOW FROM FAR NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO UPSTATE NY AND NORTHERN  
NEW ENGLAND AS IT SWINGS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CANADA ON THURSDAY.  
 
A SECOND SHORTWAVE WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES ON  
FRIDAY AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY, BRINGING  
ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE SAME REGIONS. APART  
FROM SOME LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER REACHES OF THE  
ADIRONDACKS AND THE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MOUNTAINS, THREE-DAY SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AT ONLY AN INCH OR TWO FOR  
MOST OF THE IMPACTED LOCATIONS.  
 
PEREIRA  
 
 
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