Weather Forecast: Today, Tonight, Tomorrow, Next Day, Five Days, and Intermediate-Term Outlooks for the U.S. and a Five-Day Forecast for the World: posted February 22, 2023
Updated at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.
We start with the U.S. Information.
Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
224 PM EST Wed Feb 22 2023Valid 00Z Thu Feb 23 2023 – 00Z Sat Feb 25 2023
…Significant coast-to-coast winter storm will continue to produce
widespread heavy snow and blizzard conditions across portions of the West
and the Northern Plains……A swath of heavy snow and locally significant ice will stretch from the
Upper Midwest to the Northeast……Strong to locally severe thunderstorms, and heavy rainfall will impact
portions of the Midwest through tonight…...Record-breaking warmth expected over the East going through Thursday as
extreme cold hits the Northern Plains and the Intermountain West…