631  
FXUS01 KWBC 211918  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026  
 
VALID 00Z SUN MAR 22 2026 - 00Z TUE MAR 24 2026  
   
..HEAVY SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST  
 
...RAIN/FREEZING RAIN FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO PARTS OF NEW  
YORK STATE...  
 
...SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY  
TO NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY...  
 
A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE  
EASTWARD OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST BY OVERNIGHT SUNDAY. THE STORM  
WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST, WITH ISOLATED  
POCKETS OF RAIN/FREEZING RAIN OVER PARTS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND  
NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT SATURDAY, AND SNOW OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY  
AND MONDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP FROM THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TO THE  
GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT SATURDAY. AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD,  
SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY  
AND THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY, WITH A HIGHER THREAT OF  
HAIL. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC ON MONDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL TRIGGER RAIN SHOWERS OVER PARTS  
OF THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY, MOVING INTO THE UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MONDAY EVENING. ELSEWHERE, A FRONT MOVING  
ONSHORE OVER THE NORTHWEST WILL DISSIPATE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE  
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL AID  
IN PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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