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FXUS01 KWBC 011953
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
353 PM EDT MON SEP 01 2008
VALID 00Z TUE SEP 02 2008 - 12Z WED SEP 03 2008
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD TO
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WHILE WEAKENING TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE ARK-LA-TEX ASSOCIATED
WITH GUSTAV. PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WEBSITE
AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GUSTAV.
A SLOW MOVING FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
SOUTHWESTWARD TO CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL INCHES ITS WAY INTO THE
GREAT LAKES AND TO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. MOISTURE STREAMING
NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL OVERRUN THE BOUNDARY
PRODUCING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND BEHIND
THE FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS/SOUTH CENTRAL
CANADA WILL AID IN PRODUCING AN AREA OF SCATTERED RAIN OVER THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
ELSEWHERE ... MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL HELP DEVELOP SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ALSO ... EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC
WILL AID IN TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FLORIDA AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST.
ZIEGENFELDER
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
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