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FXUS01 KWBC 170811
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
410 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009
VALID 12Z SAT OCT 17 2009 - 00Z MON OCT 19 2009
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT PARKED OFF OF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST WILL OFFER AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AND WET WEEKEND ACROSS MUCH
OF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST.
SCATTERED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING IS
FORECAST TO GIVE GIVING WAY TO STEADIER MORE ORGANIZED RAINS AND
HIGHER ELEVATIONS SNOWS AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST...SPURRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW ALONG
THE LINGERING FRONT THAT WILL TRACK SLOWLY TO THE NORTH OFF OF THE
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST COASTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE ON MONDAY AS THIS LOW
BEGINS TO MOVE FURTHER OUT INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.
TO THE SOUTH...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH TODAY ALONG THE WITH COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE PENINSULA.
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTINENTAL U.S. EAST OF THE
DIVIDE...MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AS A
SPRAWLING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S.
IN THE WEST...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN
PACIFIC IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATER
TODAY...BRINGING WITH IT THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS
ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN.
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