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FXUS01 KWBC 262027
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
426 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
VALID 00Z WED AUG 27 2008 - 12Z THU AUG 28 2008
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY HAS DECAYED TO AN EXTRATROPICAL WAVE ALONG
A FRONT OVER THE SOUTHEAST. THE BOUNDARY WILL BE QUASI-STATIONARY
WIGGLING NORTHWARD TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AREA BY THURSDAY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THE FRONT DUE TO THE
MOISTURE LADEN AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORMER TROPICAL SYSTEM. IN
ADDITION ... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER FLORIDA
AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. FURTHERMORE ... THE
MOISTURE FROM ANOTHER FORMER TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES PRODUCING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.
MEANWHILE ... A WEAK FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL ADVANCE
TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND STALL. THE BOUNDARY WILL BE A
FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS
MOVING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY. ADDITIONALLY ... TWO
PACIFIC SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND DECAY
PRODUCING SCATTERED RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN MOST PARTS OF THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
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