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FXUS01 KWBC 052013  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
413 PM EDT SUN OCT 05 2008  
 
VALID 00Z MON OCT 06 2008 - 12Z TUE OCT 07 2008  
 
A FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL UNDERGO A  
METAMORPHOSIS AS THE NORTHERN LOW AND WARM FRONT WILL MOVE  
NORTHWARD INTO CANADA WHILE THE SOUTHERN LOW WILL BECOME OCCLUDED  
AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI VALLEY. MOISTURE  
FLOWING NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL OVERRUN THE WARM  
FRONT PRODUCING RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WHILE SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT  
MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY  
TUESDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL  
PLAINS MAY BECOME SEVERE.  
 
MEANWHILE ... A DISSIPATING STORM NEAR THE NORTHWEST COAST WILL  
BRING SCATTERED RAIN TO THE COASTAL REGION AND INLAND OVER PARTS  
OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/ROCKIES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.  
A STRONGER PACIFIC STORM WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY  
AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL  
BRING SCATTERED RAIN TO THE NORTHWEST AND AS FAR INLAND AS THE  
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION BY TUESDAY.  
 
FURTHERMORE ... THE OLD BOUNDARY OVER FLORIDA WILL HOOK UP WITH  
THE SOUTH CENTRAL U. S. SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U. S. ALSO BY  
TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL AID IN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF FLORIDA AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST  
LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. IN ADDITION ... HIGH PRESSURE OVER  
EAST CENTRAL CANADA WILL SINK SOUTHWARD OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND  
THE NORTHEAST BY TUESDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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