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FXUS01 KWBC 261945
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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
243 PM EST Fri Dec 26 2025

Valid 00Z Sat Dec 27 2025 - 00Z Mon Dec 29 2025

...Snow is likely for the Inter-Mountain West this weekend as the
West Coast storm system moves across the region...

...Record warmth holiday heat holds across the South and Tennessee
Valley...

...Next cold shot of Arctic air will descend across the northern
U.S. beginning Sunday...

An impactful winter storm is ongoing for the Northeast this
afternoon and will continue overnight. Cold air damming is
providing the right ingredients for observed freezing rain across
the northern Mid-Atlantic, while areas from northern Pennsylvania
to southern Connecticut will see heavy snowfall. Difficult travel
conditions are ongoing for the area and those traveling from the
holiday shoud exercise caution if you have to be on the road.

After several days of deluge from heavy rainfall, California can
expect to dry out this weekend as the last of a series of
energetic low pressure systems is forecast to move pass the
region. However,lingering showers and thunderstorms will continue
to bring a lingering isolated storm and/or flash flooding risk
through this evening. As the surface cold front moves into the
Mountain West, chances for mountain snow will increase tonight
into Saturday for Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. Then,
Colorado will likely see snow Sunday, including the Denver metro,
as a strengthening cold front sweeps through the region. Winter
Weather Advisories and a few Winter Storm Warnings are active for
the mountain ranges where inches of snow and gusty winds will be
possible.

Meanwhile, anomalous warmth will be the rule over the mid-section
of the country and across the South. High temperatures in the
middle 70s to the low 80s are predicted from Texas to the
Tennessee Valley for the weekend. Many cities could break or near
record warm high temperatures each day, with some records dating
as far back as the 1880s. Low temperatures will also be warm in
the upper 50s to low 60s.  This December soupy airmass will bring
chances for fog each day along the Gulf Coast, some which may be
locally dense and bring low visibility.

A potential winter storm is possible for the Great Lakes region
late Sunday into Monday. Strong wind gusts associated with a
deepening area of low pressure and heavy snowfall may lead to
blowing snow and whiteout conditions for the area. Additionally,
snowfall amounts could locally exceed a foot across the area. An
icy, wintry mix is forecast for the interior Northeast for Sunday
and Monday. The other big storyline with this system will be the
Arctic air funneling in behind the cold front. Dangerously cold
wind chills on Sunday and Monday may be as cold as -20 F in
northern Minnesota and North Dakota. See the WPC key message for
more information on the developing storm.



Wilder



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

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