363  
FXUS01 KWBC 280806  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
405 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2023  
 
VALID 12Z WED JUN 28 2023 - 12Z FRI JUN 30 2023  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY, MOVING TO THE MIDDLE  
MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS ON THURSDAY...  
 
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES/WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, SOUTHERN PLAINS, MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY, CENTRAL GULF COAST...  
 
...AIR QUALITY ALERTS OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY, GREAT LAKES, WESTERN OHIO VALLEY, CENTRAL APPALACHIANS,  
AND MID-ATLANTIC...  
 
PERSISTENT UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL TRIGGER  
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. ADDITIONALLY,  
MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND  
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER PARTS OF WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. THEREFORE, THE  
SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE  
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS  
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
LOW PRESSURE AND A FRONT OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL  
PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THEREFORE,  
THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI/WESTERN OHIO VALLEYS FROM THURSDAY  
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A THREAT  
OF TWO-INCH OR GREATER HAIL OVER PARTS OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY.  
 
FURTHER, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY MOVES EASTWARD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST,  
PRODUCING SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.  
THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM  
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
MEANWHILE, UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSES AND AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL  
TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
GREAT BASIN, NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, AND THE NORTHERN  
ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY, TAPERING OFF OVER THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
MOREOVER, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY MOVING EASTWARD FROM CALIFORNIA/GREAT  
BASIN TO CENTRAL ROCKIES/CENTRAL PLAINS WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN, NORTHERN/CENTRAL  
ROCKIES INTO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL  
HIGH PLAINS FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY.  
 
FURTHERMORE, WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM CANADA WILL REDUCE AIR QUALITY  
OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, GREAT LAKES,  
WESTERN OHIO VALLEY, CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, AND MID-ATLANTIC,  
PROMPTING AIR QUALITY WARNINGS OVER THE AREA.  
 
LASTLY, UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PORTION OF THE  
COUNTRY WILL EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
BRINGING WITH THE RIDGE HOT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND TEMPERATURES NOT  
COOLING OFF MUCH OVERNIGHT, WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO EXCESSIVE  
HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES OVER MOST OF TEXAS, SOUTHERN NEW  
MEXICO, SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, EASTERN KANSAS, MISSOURI, SOUTHERN  
ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ALSO, EXCESSIVE  
HEAT WATCHES ARE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, WESTERN  
TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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