845  
FXUS01 KWBC 100752  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
350 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008  
 
VALID 12Z FRI OCT 10 2008 - 00Z SUN OCT 12 2008  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCH OVER THE GREAT LAKES/NORTHEAST  
THROUGH SATURDAY. IN CONTRAST ... A STRONG STORM OVER THE ROCKIES  
WILL MAKE LITTLE OVER ALL EASTWARD PROGRESS WHILE THE ASSOCIATED  
COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE SOUTHEASTWARD FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO  
ARIZONA. SIMILARLY ... A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS  
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY BECOMING A STATIONARY FRONT AGAIN BY SATURDAY. THE STORM  
WILL PRODUCE SNOW FROM PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WHILE SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND  
SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
FURTHERMORE ... AN OLD BOUNDARY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL AID  
IN TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN  
MID-ATLANTIC TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH SATURDAY. IN ADDITION  
... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL AID IN KEEPING THE WEATHER DRY  
FROM EASTERN TEXAS TO THE OHIO VALLEY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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