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FXUS01 KWBC 280750
PMDSPD

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
248 AM EST Fri Feb 28 2025

Valid 12Z Fri Feb 28 2025 - 12Z Sun Mar 2 2025

...Heavy snow expected near the U.S. Canadian border from the
Northern Great Plains to Maine...

...Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average behind a
strong cold front across the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Saturday...

...An Elevated Risk of fire weather conditions over parts of the
Plains on Friday...

The last day of the work week will be featured with a brief return
to above average temperatures across the Midwest states with highs
running well into the 40s and 50s, and 60s across the central
Plains.  Along with that comes an increased fire weather potential
with dry grounds and gusty winds expected based on the latest
outlook from the Storm Prediction Center.  A strong late winter
cold front will bring a return to reality going into Saturday from
the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, with
pleasantly mild conditions from the Deep South to the coastal
Mid-Atlantic.  Even here, it will turn much colder going into
Sunday for most of the Eastern U.S.

A strong low pressure system crossing the northern Great Lakes
Friday and then northern New England Saturday is expected to bring
a corridor of accumulating snow from northern Minnesota to
northern Michigan, and then across Upstate New York into Maine,
with the heaviest snow likely to be just north of the Canadian
border.  Rain showers can be expected from southern
Wisconsin/Michigan to Pennsylvania and into southern New England
through Saturday.  Given the strong pressure gradient surrounding
this low, breezy to windy conditions are expected both ahead and
behind the trailing cold front, reaching wind advisory criteria in
many areas.

Out West, showers are likely to make a return to the northern half
of California and coastal portions of the Pacific Northwest on
Saturday as the next storm system move into the region.  There may
also be some rain and mountain snow for portions of the southern
Rockies in conjunction with an upper low moving over that region.
Elsewhere, mostly dry conditions can be expected through Sunday
morning as high pressure governs the overall weather pattern

Hamrick


Graphics available at
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php
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