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FXUS01 KWBC 061853  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
152 PM EST MON NOV 06 2023  
 
VALID 00Z TUE NOV 07 2023 - 00Z THU NOV 09 2023  
 
...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BENEFICIAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED EARLY  
THIS WEEK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...  
 
...VERY WARM WEATHER INCLUDING SOME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES CAN  
BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN U.S. THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...  
   
..SOME RAIN TO BEGIN IMPACTING PARTS OF THE SOUTH BY THURSDAY
 
 
A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS AND THE INLAND ADVANCE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE  
WILL MAINTAIN UNSETTLED AND GENERALLY WET CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES GOING THROUGH  
TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE LOWER  
ELEVATIONS INCLUDING THE COASTAL RANGES FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON,  
BUT THERE WILL BE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR THE  
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CASCADES. THE ADVANCE OF COLDER TEMPERATURES  
INLAND ACROSS THE WEST WILL ALSO HELP TO FACILITATE SOME  
ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA  
NEVADA AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.  
 
FARTHER EAST ACROSS MANY AREAS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS,  
MID-SOUTH, AND THE OHIO VALLEY, INCREASINGLY WARM TEMPERATURES  
WILL BE THE BIG STORY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS SOME TEMPERATURES  
REACH AS HIGH AS 15 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGH  
TEMPERATURES LOCALLY REACHING WELL INTO THE 70S AND 80S. THESE  
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE WARM ENOUGH TO BREAK SOME DAILY HIGH  
TEMPERATURE RECORDS. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEAR-TERM  
WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING DROUGHT SITUATION FOR  
MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN U.S. HOWEVER, AS  
THE UPSTREAM COLD FRONTS OVER THE WEST BEGIN TO EJECT EAST OUT  
INTO THE PLAINS BY MIDWEEK, SOME INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF IT  
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS TO BREAK OUT ACROSS AREAS OF THE SOUTH BY THURSDAY.  
 
ELSEWHERE, GENERALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SOME LIGHT  
PRECIPITATION INCLUDING A MIX OF SOME RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, AND  
LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FAR NORTHERN  
PLAINS, UPPER GREAT LAKES AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND HEADING THROUGH  
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS CROSS THE REGION  
ALONG WITH NEARBY WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE.  
 
ORRISON  
 
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