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FXUS01 KWBC 120812
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
411 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008
VALID 12Z FRI SEP 12 2008 - 00Z SUN SEP 14 2008
HURRICANE IKE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE ARKLATEX REGION BY
SATURDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE
WESTERN GULF COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING AND INTO EASTERN TEXAS BY
SATURDAY. CHECK THE LATEST TROPICAL ADVISORY FOR THE MOST UP TO
DATE INFORMATION ON HURRICANE IKE.
A WEAK FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWESTWARD TO
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BE QUASI-STATIONARY AS THE SOUTHERN END OF
THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH HURRICANE IKE. WITH MOISTURE POOLING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE
NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND ROCKIES ON FRIDAY WITH THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
ON SATURDAY.
A STRONGER FRONT WILL SINK SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF WESTERN CANADA
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MOVING TO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY
SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG
THE NORTHERN TIER FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
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