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FXUS01 KWBC 132121
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
521 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008
VALID 00Z SUN SEP 14 2008 - 12Z MON SEP 15 2008
TROPICAL STORM IKE'S CENTRAL CIRCULATION IS CURRENTLY OVER
NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH PRECIPITATION RAPIDLY SPREADING NORTHWARD
INTO ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. IKE IS FORECAST TO PUSH NORTH AND THEN
RECURVE NORTHEASTWARD...EVOLVING INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW.
MOISTURE FROM IKE WILL MARRY UP WITH REMNANT MOISTURE THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN DRENCHING THE PLAINS. THE NET RESULT...A SWATH OF
HEAVY AND EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION WILL SPAN ACROSS A PORTION OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MIDWEST. BY
SUNDAY...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE WEST AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE
LOW. AS THE FORECAST PERIOD PROGRESSES THE REMNANTS OF IKE WILL
MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...AND BY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE
IN CANADIAN TERRITORY.
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