490  
FXUS01 KWBC 070732  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
332 AM EDT THU SEP 07 2023  
 
VALID 12Z THU SEP 07 2023 - 12Z SAT SEP 09 2023  
 
... ON THURSDAY, THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS...  
 
...THERE ARE HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS OVER  
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND HEAT  
ADVISORIES OVER THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY...  
 
...AIR QUALITY ALERTS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS, UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND MAINE ON THURSDAY...  
 
ON THURSDAY, A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY,  
TENNESSEE VALLEY, LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND SOUTHERN PLAINS  
WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE EASTERN SEA BOARD AND GULF COAST BY  
SATURDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM  
THE NORTHEAST TO THE EASTERN GULF COAST ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT  
WILL ALSO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
NEW YORK STATE, EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND MID-ATLANTIC. THEREFORE,  
THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS  
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF TORNADOES.  
 
ON FRIDAY, THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES. AS THE  
FRONT MOVES EASTWARD, SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO THE NORTHERN  
MID-ATLANTIC. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO THE  
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE  
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL  
THREAT OF TORNADOES. ONCE AGAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
EXTEND FROM THE NORTHEAST SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, ON THURSDAY, A WEAK FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL AID IN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WITH A THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION, ANOTHER SLOW-MOVING FRONT OVER THE  
NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SATURDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATE ON  
THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND  
INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT FRIDAY  
INTO SATURDAY.  
 
ON FRIDAY, A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL  
ADD IN, PRODUCING SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THEREFORE,  
THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING.  
THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL  
THREAT OF TORNADOES.  
 
MOREOVER, SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN WEST-CENTRAL CANADA WILL REDUCE  
AIR QUALITY OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY, PROMPTING AIR QUALITY WARNINGS OVER THE AREA.  
ADDITIONALLY, WILDFIRE SMOKE OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL DRIFT INTO  
MAINE, STARTING AIR QUALITY WARNINGS OVER MAINE.  
 
LASTLY, UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL LINGER OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL  
REMAIN OVER NEW ENGLAND, PROMPTING HEAT ADVISORIES OVER THE AREA.  
IN ADDITION, AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH WILL RETURN TO TEXAS ON THURSDAY,  
AIDING IN DEVELOPING HOT TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION, PROMPTING  
HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS OVER THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL  
CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
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