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FXUS01 KWBC 261958
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SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
357 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2024
VALID 00Z WED MAR 27 2024 - 00Z FRI MAR 29 2024
...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
TONIGHT...
...HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC...
..UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS TO THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY
HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP
MID-LATITUDE CYCLONE THAT IMPACTED THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND
UPPER MIDWEST THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS ENDED, BUT SOME LINGERING
MAINLY LIGHT SNOWS MAY CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES. BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT, A CHILLY
AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND
MIDWEST INTO WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST ANOMALIES ON WEDNESDAY WILL
BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST WHERE DAYTIME HIGHS
15-25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ARE POSSIBLE, WITH TEMPERATURES
MODERATING THEREAFTER.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE
ABOVE MENTIONED COLD FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY AS IT SLOWLY
PROGRESSES THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND EAST COAST STATES. INTO THIS
EVENING, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HIGHLIGHTS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN INTO INDIANA AND OHIO WITHIN A SLIGHT RISK
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ON WEDNESDAY, THE HEAVIEST
RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND INTO THE
SOUTHEAST AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE GETS PULLED NORTHWARD DUE TO A
SECOND WAVY FRONT AND DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW WHERE WPC HAS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST INTO THURSDAY, THOUGH HEAVIEST
RAINFALL SHOULD BE CONFINED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS AND
THE DELMARVA, AND UP THE NORTHEAST COAST POSING A MAINLY LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DURING THE
SHORT RANGE, WITH LOW ELEVATION RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS. FAVORABLE
UPSLOPE REGIONS MAY HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY TO
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, PARTICULARLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON/NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE
PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES, SIERRA
NEVADA, AND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
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