017  
FXUS01 KWBC 242044  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
443 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009  
 
VALID 00Z SUN OCT 25 2009 - 12Z MON OCT 26 2009  
 
A STORM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE GREAT  
LAKES WHILE THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DIGS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE  
CENTRAL ROCKIES/GREAT BASIN TO EASTERN TEXAS/NORTHERN MEXICO BY  
MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BE VOID OF MOISTURE UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN IT  
TAPES INTO MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. FROM SATURDAY TO  
SUNDAY ... LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY ON MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP FROM THE NORTHERN  
ROCKIES TO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SOME SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN  
HIGH PLAINS MONDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL BLOSSOM ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN  
PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED MOISTURE  
GOES TO WORK.  
 
A NEW STORM WILL COME ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON ... TRIGGERING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ALONG THE COAST  
WITH RAIN SPREADING INLAND TO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION  
WHERE ... AT THE HIGHER ELEVATION ... THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE  
LIGHT SNOW. IN ADDITION ... A FRONT ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL  
MOVE OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC BY SUNDAY MORNING WHILE A WAVE OF LOW  
PRESSURE DEVELOPS JUST OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORIDA LATER ON  
SUNDAY. THE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL MOVE  
INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY SUNDAY. AS RAIN WITH MAYBE AN  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN NEW  
ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC OUT OVER TH WESTERN ATLANTIC BY LATE SATURDAY  
NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT OVER  
THE SOUTHEAST AND LINGER NEAR THE COAST THROUGH MONDAY AS THE WAVE  
OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS NEAR THE COAST.  
 
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