According to the National Weather Service’s “Maximum Average Temperature Abnormalities Forecast” map, only a narrow swath of the continental United States is expected to stay within historic temperatures this week. .
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According to the National Weather Service’s “Maximum Average Temperature Abnormalities Forecast” map, only a narrow swath of the continental United States is expected to stay within historic temperature standards over the course of the year. this week.
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If you travel across the United States this week, you may feel summer in one place and winter in another: The National Weather Service predicts temperatures will hit record highs and lows, during when a major winter storm “will devastate a large part of the country.”
Some regions will see both extremes. After warming to nearly 80 degrees on Thursday, the Washington, DC area will dip below freezing late Friday, with snow and rain likely on Saturday. NWS says. There will also be strong winds in many places.
weather agency speak on Monday that it is “very confident that this winter storm will be extremely disruptive to travel, infrastructure, livestock and recreation in the affected areas.”
‘Major winter storm’ will hit much of the US
The National Weather Service’s forecast map for Wednesday calls for a major winter storm that will dump heavy snow on many US states. This image shows only part of the storm wide impact.
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The National Weather Service’s forecast map for Wednesday calls for a major winter storm that will dump heavy snow on many US states. This image shows only part of the storm wide impact.
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“A major winter storm is expected to affect much of the United States this week with various hazards,” including heavy snowfall, hail, sleet and severe thunderstorms, NWS says in Monday.
Parts of the Northwest felt the storm early Monday, with snow falling in the Cascades and Northern Rockies. The large system is forecast to expand into California and the Southwest even as it moves east.
In Los Angeles and southwestern California, it will be “the coldest storm of the season and possibly the past few years,” the local NWS office said. EQUAL LAIST reportThe storm can bring snow and dipper — small fragile pellets that form around snow crystals.
By Wednesday, forecast map shows that active snowfall is likely to span a large swath of the country, from Arizona and Nevada to Minnesota.
“Total snowfall during storms will likely be measured in feet for many mountain ranges in the West,” the NWS said.
The NWS says the system is driven in part by an “energetic superior model”. At the same time, the agency said, the two fronts would push south from Canada into the western and central United States, bringing with them “heavy, spreading snow” and other hazards.
‘Countless’ record highs could also be set this week
A map showing Wednesday’s high temperatures shows an unusual late-February weather pattern, with forecasters predicting record highs and record lows this week.
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A map showing Wednesday’s high temperatures shows an unusual late-February weather pattern, with forecasters predicting record highs and record lows this week.
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Terms NWS . Climate Prediction Center and many forecasters are using to describe the overall weather pattern as “abnormal” — for the unusual cold and heat that people will experience.
In the East, people who lived in pre-storm areas could forgive wondering if winter was over, as they watched the flowers bloom early. Temperatures on Monday are forecast to be 10 to 20 degrees warmer than usual across the central and eastern US
In warning people about winter storms, the NWS also predicted “unusually warm highs in the East, with multiple record-high maximums possible.”
This means that the maximum temperature anomaly forecast graphic tells the story from early this week to the end of next week:
-Western and Upper Midwest: Below normal high temperature up to 25 degrees
-Southeastern US region: Above normal temperatures and likely to hit record highs pic.twitter.com/BmEoPQym58– National Weather Service (@NWS) February 19, 2023
“Tuesday highs will be higher than similar averages for most locations, including the 70s extending north to the Mid-Atlantic,” the NWS said. when the clipper system goes through.
Forecasters say much of the Northeast won’t see as much snow accumulation as in the West, but they could still see rain and frost. And people in Maine and parts of New England – where temperatures are predicted to be flirt with record highs on Monday – also in vigilance for a major winter storm to make landfall, Wednesday night through Friday.
The unusual temperature pattern is expected to persist for at least the first days of March, Climate Prediction Center says.
