727  
FXUS01 KWBC 201935  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
334 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 2023  
 
VALID 00Z SAT OCT 21 2023 - 00Z MON OCT 23 2023  
 
...RAIN FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE NORTHEAST AND OVER THE  
NORTHWEST...  
 
...TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE OVER THE  
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/SOUTHWEST INTO THE  
PLAINS AND MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TO THE MID-ATLANTIC  
AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE GULF COAST ON FRIDAY WILL ADVANCE  
OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY SATURDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN  
OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST AND  
SOUTHWARD TO THE CAROLINAS. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE  
NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY.  
 
FURTHERMORE, ON FRIDAY, A SECOND FRONT OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY/NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OFF THE SOUTHEAST  
COAST BY SUNDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL KEEP LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/UPPER GREAT LAKES FRIDAY EVENING INTO  
SATURDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD, RAIN MOVES INTO THE  
LOWER GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION, THE  
RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. ON SUNDAY, THE  
RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST, WITH WET SNOW AT THE  
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEW YORK STATE.  
 
MEANWHILE, UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHING AND A WEAK BOUNDARY OVER THE WEST  
WILL AID IN CREATING LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO  
SUNDAY.  
 
FURTHER, UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING EXTENDING FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY  
TO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WILL SLOWLY CREEP EASTWARD  
INTO THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SUNDAY. THE  
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES  
ABOVE AVERAGE OVER THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/SOUTHWEST  
INTO THE PLAINS AND MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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