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FXUS01 KWBC 292024
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2026
VALID 00Z MON MAR 30 2026 - 00Z WED APR 01 2026
...RECORD WARMTH IS FORECAST FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS MUCH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVERSPREAD THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...
...ANOMALOUSLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS RAISE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST, ROCKIES, AND INTO THE
HIGH PLAINS...
...UNSETTLED WEATHER AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FOLLOWED BY FALLING
TEMPERATURES...
...A COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS
SIGNALING A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE U.S. WITH
MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER MOVING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. AND THE
NORTHERN TIER STATES AS A RAPID WARM-UP TAKES PLACE IN THE EASTERN
U.S. THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING OFF THE EAST
COAST WILL KEEP A BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE STRONG
MARCH SUN WILL ALLOW THE INITIALLY CHILLY AIRMASS TO WARM QUICKLY
EACH DAY. COOL AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TODAY ALONG THE EAST COAST
WILL REBOUND QUICKLY EACH DAY, SOARING WELL INTO THE 70S AND LOWER
80S BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRANSITIONS TO ONE THAT RESEMBLES A SUMMER-TIME BERMUDA HIGH.
MEANWHILE, WARM AND DRY AIR IS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE PLAINS
STATES. THE LACK OF MOISTURE IN THE VICINITY COMBINED WITH
DOWNSLOPING WINDS FROM THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. BY MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY, A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO
CONSOLIDATE OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND EJECT TOWARD THE
GREAT LAKES. COLD AIR FROM CANADA WILL SURGE INTO THE NORTHERN
U.S. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY. EAST OF THE LOW,
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL EXTEND FARTHER EAST AS A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT DIPS INTO NEW ENGLAND. A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST
FROM MONDAY TO TUESDAY NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER IN THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT, THE
BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE UP FROM THE
GULF TO FUEL WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES LATER ON MONDAY REACHING INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY NIGHT. BY TUESDAY, A MORE POTENT COLD
FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW PRESSURE WAVE WILL BRING A BETTER
CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ESPECIALLY BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION, SOME RAIN IS FORECAST TO REACH NEW
ENGLAND, POSSIBLY STARTING AS LIGHT SNOW IN THE INTERIOR SECTION
DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
THE WESTERN U.S. WILL ENTER A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER AS
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHS DIG DEEPER INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
MOUNTAIN SNOW AND LOWER-ELEVATION RAIN ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH THE
PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. COLDER CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS THE UNSETTLED WEATHER REACHES FARTHER SOUTH
ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE SIERRA NEVADA ON TUESDAY.
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