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FXUS01 KWBC 121957
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
357 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008
VALID 00Z SAT SEP 13 2008 - 12Z SUN SEP 14 2008
*** DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE TO MAKE LANDFALL EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING ***
A VERY LARGE AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IS FORECAST
FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. A SLOWLY
MOVING... NEARLY STATIONARY... FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH SUNDAY. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT TOWARD THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES WELL OUT AHEAD OF HURRICANE IKE...WHICH MOVE INLAND
NEAR GALVESTON TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AS ALWAYS...FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING IKE PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV AS WELL AS YOUR LOCAL
FORECAST OFFICE. RAINFALL FROM IKE WILL PROGRESS INLAND TO
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ABSORBED BY THE FRONT TO
ITS NORTH LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD FROM CANADA INTO MONTANA AND
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A
CHANCE OF RAIN BEHIND IT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AND WESTERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY.
FALL IS SURELY ON ITS WAY IN THE COMING WEEKS...AS LAS VEGAS HAD
ITS FIRST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BELOW 70 DEGREES LAST NIGHT...THE
FIRST SINCE MID-JUNE.
FRACASSO
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