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FXUS01 KWBC 191938
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
337 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2026
VALID 00Z MON APR 20 2026 - 00Z WED APR 22 2026
...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS
OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
...DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A FIRE WEATHER THREAT
OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
...PRECIPITATION ALONG THE WEST COAST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC SYSTEM...
RAIN AND WINTRY MIX ARE EXPECTED IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST
TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE MIDWEST
SUNDAY, AND INTO THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT. WINTRY
MIX IS EXPECTED PARTICULARLY FOR AREAS IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WHERE
SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. AFTERWARD, MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. SHOULD EXPECT DRY AND GUSTY
CONDITIONS. FURTHER SOUTH, THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO
LINGER THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. AS THE
FRONT REMAINS OFF THE GULF COAST, A PERSISTENT INFLUX OF GULF
MOISTURE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTH TEXAS OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ELSEWHERE, GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
BRING A THREAT OF FIRE WEATHER TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS, PARTICULARLY FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, SOUTHEAST
COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS, AND THE OKLAHOMA/TEXAS PANHANDLES.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC) HAS OUTLINED A CRITICAL RISK
(LEVEL 2/3) FOR THIS REGION. IN THE SOUTHEAST, WHILE THE PASSAGE
OF A COLD FRONT BROUGHT PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS, WIDESPREAD SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. DRY
CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING AN
ELEVATED RISK (LEVEL 1/3) OF FIRE WEATHER FOR THIS AREA, PER THE
SPC.
AN APPROACHING DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW AND FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE
PACIFIC WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE WEST COAST OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BEFORE
MORE WIDESPREAD, MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVES IN TO
NORTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY. COVERAGE WILL FURTHER
EXPAND TUESDAY INCLUDING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, AND PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN. ISOLATED FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL COASTAL RANGES OF
CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS THE SIERRA. HEAVY HIGH ELEVATION SNOW IS
ALSO EXPECTED FOR THE SIERRA ON TUESDAY.
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST IN THE EAST/NORTHEAST
PORTION OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE A COLD FRONT
THIS WEEKEND. FORECAST HIGHS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL LINGER
IN THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST, WITH 60S AND
LOW 70S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER FROM TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC. MEANWHILE, A STRENGTHENING
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL
BRING A RETURN TO ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S.
HIGHS IN THE 70S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR WEST WHICH MAY
POSSIBLY EVEN APPROACH AND EXCEED THE LOW 80S. THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL SEE HIGHS INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS BY MONDAY AS HIGHS SOAR INTO THE 70S AND
80S AFTER THE COOLER WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL STAY AROUND AVERAGE AS THE PACIFIC SYSTEM APPROACHES, WITH
HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S.
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