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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 AM EST Tue Feb 03 2026
Valid 12Z Tue Feb 03 2026 - 12Z Thu Feb 05 2026
...A low pressure wave will bring light wintry precipitation from the upper Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic, and rain/thunderstorms from the South to the Southeast through Wednesday...
...Anomalously cold conditions over the Florida Peninsula will gradually moderate as the arctic air gets reinforced across the Great Lakes...
...Anomalous warmth emerges across the northern High Plains as clipper systems bring some light snow across the Great Lakes...
One more morning of below freezing temperatures and wind chills into the 20s are ongoing across the Florida Peninsula. As the intense cyclone moves well out into the North Atlantic, this latest extreme cold episode will come to an end as a steady moderating trend is expected to bring temperatures back to the 70s by Wednesday afternoon, which are within normal ranges for early February.
The next weather system of note for the next couple of days will be a low pressure wave, currently developing over the southern Plains along a frontal zone. This weather system, with support from a jet stream in the upper levels, is forecast to track eastward across the South, then moving through the Southeast on Wednesday before reaching into the Florida Peninsula by Thursday morning. Moisture from the Gulf will be ingested into the weather system to support showers and embedded thunderstorms this morning across eastern Texas, which will be expanding through the Arklatex region this afternoon, then across the South through tonight before reaching into the Gulf Coast region and the Southeast on Wednesday. Farther north of the system, a modest reinforcement of arctic air into the Great Lakes will support a period of light wintry precipitation from the upper Ohio Valley later today and then across the central Appalachians to the Mid-Atlantic tonight into Wednesday morning before tapering off. Ahead of a cold front trailing from the low pressure wave, showers and some thunderstorms are expected to move through the Southeast Wednesday night before reaching into the Florida Peninsula by Thursday morning.
Across the northern tier states, a series of Alberta clippers will move across the region, bringing only occasional light snow across the Great Lakes mainly today. A modest reinforcement of arctic air will reach into the Great Lakes but anomalous warmth will emerge across the northern High Plains especially by Thursday as a stronger clipper in Canada induces stronger downslope winds from the northern Rockies. Meanwhile, much of the western U.S. will remain mild and dry.
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