Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 239 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2025 Valid 12Z Wed Feb 26 2025 - 12Z Fri Feb 28 2025 ...Clipper system to bring scattered rain and snow showers from the Midwest to the Northeast through the next couple of days... ...Another clipper system to reach the upper Great Lakes late Thursday bringing additional snowfall... ...Above to well above average temperatures expected to persist for most of the country... A clipper system over the Midwest this morning will continue eastward through Wednesday and pass through the Northeast by Thursday. Scattered to widespread rain showers with some moderate rainfall totals are expected through the Ohio Valley Wednesday, the central/southern Appalachians by Wednesday night, and southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic by Thursday morning. Snow showers are anticipated for areas further north along the Lower Great Lakes, interior Northeast, and into Maine, especially for favorable lake-effect locations and higher elevations. Light to moderate snow accumulations are expected. Some snow showers will also be possible for higher elevations of the central Appalachians overnight Thursday following a cold front passage. To the northwest, light snow showers will linger over the Upper Great Lakes before another clipper system is expected to drop southward from Canada into the Upper Great Lakes by late Thursday and into early Friday, bringing additional, more widespread snow showers. Some light accumulations will be possible through Friday morning. The rest of the country will remain mostly dry the next couple of days. Above to well above average temperatures by 10 to 20 degrees and mild conditions for late February will persist for most of the country this week. For the East, forecast highs Wednesday and Thursday generally range in the 30s and 40s for New England, the 50s and 60s for the Mid-Atlantic, and the 70s in the Southeast. In the central U.S., highs are in the 40s and 50s for the northern Plains and Midwest, the 50s and 60s for the central Plains, and the 60s and 70s in the southern Plains. Finally, in the West, highs are generally expected in the 40s and 50s in the Great Basin/Interior West, the 60s for the Pacific Northwest, the 60s and 70s for California, and the 80s to low 90s for the Desert Southwest. Periodic cold front passages will bring some day-to-day variations in temperatures, though highs will generally remain at least at average levels. Putnam Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php