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FXUS01 KWBC 022010
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EDT THU APR 02 2026
VALID 00Z FRI APR 03 2026 - 00Z SUN APR 05 2026
...HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND
...FREEZING RAIN AND WINTRY MIX FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS ACROSS
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE
MIDWEST...
A COUPLE OF QUICK-MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING ACTIVE
WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES AS STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IMPACT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST THROUGH
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE ACTIVE WEATHER WILL COME IN TWO
ROUNDS FOR THESE AREAS. THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY
IMPACTING THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FIRST OF THE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS. THIS LEAD SYSTEM
WILL ALSO BRING THE FIRST ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE MIDWEST TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT,
BEFORE BRINGING A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FRIDAY MORNING
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
MEANWHILE, THE SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING OUT OF THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING BEFORE INTENSIFYING OVER THE
NORTH-CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY AND THEN TRACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES
ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS BRING MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE WASATCH IN UTAH TONIGHT.
THE COLORADO ROCKIES WILL ALSO GET A ROUND OF SNOW FROM THIS
SYSTEM BEFORE A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVERSPREADING THE
NORTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY REACHING INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET WILL THEN BLANKET THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MEANWHILE, A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT
TRAILING FROM THE LOW CENTER WILL BRING THE NEXT ROUND OF STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST
BEGINNING LATER ON FRIDAY BEFORE ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH STEADILY FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY, REACHING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER ON
SATURDAY. RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT LATER ON SATURDAY WITH SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE
FOR THE HIGH-ELEVATION OF INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND AHEAD OF THE WARM
FRONT.
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE
NORMAL ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S., WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. IN
CONTRAST, MUCH COLDER WEATHER WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE WESTERN
U.S. THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BEHIND THE PAIR OF LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS. MEANWHILE, MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
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