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FXUS01 KWBC 111953
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
353 PM EDT THU SEP 11 2008
VALID 00Z FRI SEP 12 2008 - 12Z SAT SEP 13 2008
ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL BE
WRUNG OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS A COLD FRONT DROPS
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS A MID-LEVEL TROUGH
SWINGS INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...THE SURFACE
COLD FRONT WILL ONLY SLOWLY WORK THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM
WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND
INTO IOWA WELL IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE IKE. THE NORTHERN AND MORE
PROGRESSIVE PORTION OF THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE
GREAT LAKES AND SPREAD RAIN AND STORMS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
NORTHWARD AS HIGH PRESSURE RETREATS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
HURRICANE IKE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY...WITH
THE OUTER RAINBANDS ARRIVING ABOUT 18 HOURS PRIOR. HEAVY RAIN WILL
SPREAD INLAND OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AS IKE TURNS MORE TO
THE NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON IKE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER...WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV.
ELSEWHERE...THE WEST COAST AND THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN WILL BE
QUIET AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS PRESENT WEST OF OREGON.
COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD BEHIND ANOTHER
COLD FRONT THAT ENTERS MONTANA LATE FRIDAY...WITH SOME SHOWERS
POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL LARGELY BE
QUIET OUTSIDE A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOME
DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF FLORIDA.
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