Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 300 AM EST Wed Feb 04 2026 Valid 12Z Wed Feb 04 2026 - 12Z Fri Feb 06 2026 ...A low pressure system will bring rain and thunderstorms across the South and Southeast, with light wintry precipitation across the Mid-Atlantic today... ...Passages of frontal systems will bring periods of light to locally moderate snow for the Great Lakes Thursday and into Friday... ...Arctic air returns to the eastern U.S. as a warm spell expands across the northern Plains toward the upper Midwest... A low pressure wave tracking east toward the southern Appalachians early this morning has drawn moisture and instability from the warm waters of the Gulf to support widespread showers across the South and some organized thunderstorms near the Gulf coast. The cold front trailing southwest from the low pressure center will steadily advance these showers and embedded thunderstorms from west to east across the Gulf Coast this morning, and then across much of the Southeast today into tonight. Meanwhile, a replenishment of arctic air spreading into the Great Lakes and the Northeast is supporting a period of light snow across the Mid-Atlantic early this morning. The snow should taper off by daybreak but another patch of light snow and wintry mix is expected to move across North Carolina from west to east later today through tonight as the low pressure wave will take some time to move through the region. By Thursday, the l