Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
259 PM EST Fri Feb 25 2022

Valid 00Z Sat Feb 26 2022 - 00Z Mon Feb 28 2022

...Ongoing winter storm to move out of the Northeast this evening...

...A strong cold front may produce brief but intense snow and windy
conditions across the Great Lakes and Northeast on Sunday...

...Increasing chances of precipitation moving across the southern Plains
to the Southeast, as well as the Pacific Northwest...

Across the Northeast, Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect into the
evening as a system continues to produce areas of moderate to heavy snow,
as well as mixed precipitation across portions of Upstate New York and New
England.  Improving conditions are expected overnight as the associated
area of low pressure tracks away from the New England coast.  With the
exception of lake effect snow showers downwind of the lakes, drier
conditions can be expected across much of the Northeast and Great Lakes
region on Saturday.  Then on Sunday, a strong cold front dropping south
from Canada is expected to sweep across the Northeast.  Snow squalls are
likely to accompany and follow the front as it moves across the region. 
In addition to brief but intense snow, windy conditions are possible as
well.  Where these squalls occur, hazardous travel conditions are likely.

As an upper level system moves across the region, generally light
precipitation is expected to develop across portions of eastern Texas and
Oklahoma, into Louisiana and southern Arkansas overnight.  From central
Texas to the Ozarks, shallow cold air at the surface may support some
freezing rain, however widespread significant ice accumulations are not
expected.  Precipitation is forecast to shift east across the lower
Mississippi and Tennessee valleys Saturday night, before reaching across
the southern Appalachians into the southern Mid Atlantic and Southeast on
Sunday.  Amounts through the period are forecast to remain light, with no
widespread winter weather or hydrologic concerns expected.

Across the Pacific Northwest, dry conditions are expected to continue into
early Saturday before an approaching Pacific system brings precipitation
back into western Washington, Oregon, and northwestern California by late
in the day.  By early Sunday, precipitation is expected to spread east of
the Cascades and into portions of the northern Rockies.  This system is
forecast to weaken as it begins to move onshore, however unsettled weather
is expected to continue through late Sunday ahead of another approaching
Pacific system.

Freeze warnings are in effect for California's San Joaquin Valley tonight.
 For the remainder of the weekend and into early next week, temperatures
are expected to moderate, with seasonal to above normal temperatures
spreading across much of the western U.S.

Pereira

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