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FXUS01 KWBC 022006
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
405 PM EDT THU OCT 02 2008
VALID 00Z FRI OCT 03 2008 - 12Z SAT OCT 04 2008
A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY AS ADDITIONAL HIGH PRESSURE NOSES
SOUTHWARD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER
THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE COUNTRY AND COLD AIR FLOWING OVER
THE GREAT LAKES ... LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND
FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH FRIDAY.
MEANWHILE ... A PACIFIC STORM WILL COME ONSHORE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE WEST COAST.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THAT WILL SPREAD INLAND TO THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IN ADDITION ... EASTERLY
FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA ALSO BY FRIDAY
EVENING INTO SATURDAY.
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