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FXUS01 KWBC 140804
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
403 AM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008
VALID 12Z SUN SEP 14 2008 - 00Z TUE SEP 16 2008
TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD OUT OF
ARKANSAS AND BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE
STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AS A WAVE ALONG A FRONT
MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD WITH THE LOW CENTER FROM THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY EVENING.
MEANWHILE ... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO JUST
NORTH OF IKE WILL MERGE WITH IKE AS THE STORM BECOMES
EXTRATROPICAL. IN ADDITION ... A COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP FORM THE
EXTRATROPICAL LOW AND EXTEND TO THE WESTERN GULF COAST. RAIN AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTHEAST WESTWARD TO THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
AFTER THE SYSTEM BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL ... THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE EAST
COAST BY MONDAY. BY MONDAY MORNING THE RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST
WILL COME TO AN END. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE GULF COAST AND THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONALLY ...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE MOST OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE LOWER
48 STATES BY MONDAY TOO.
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