Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 204 AM EST Sun Feb 08 2026 Valid 12Z Sun Feb 08 2026 - 12Z Tue Feb 10 2026 ...Dangerous Arctic airmass will persist over the eastern Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through Sunday... ...Lower elevation rain and higher elevation snow continues for the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies Sunday... ...Warmer-than-average temperatures continue for much of the central to western U.S.... A bitterly cold Arctic airmass that has overspread the eastern Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast following a pair of cold front passages is expected to persist through Sunday. Forecast highs range from the single digits and teens for the Interior Northeast/New England to the 20s and 30s further south into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic. Lingering gusty winds will lead to dangerously cold wind chills as low as the negative 30s across the Interior Northeast/New England and the single digits and teens elsewhere, particularly through the morning hours. Conditions are expected to moderate through the early part of the week, with highs Monday and Tuesday increasing by around 10 degrees or so each day. A Pacific system and accompanying influx of moisture will continue to overspread the Pacific Northwest east through the northern Great Basin and Rockies Sunday. The focus for the heaviest rainfall will shift southward from western Washington to western Oregon/far northern Cal