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FXUS01 KWBC 270748  
PMDSPD  
  
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
348 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2024  
  
VALID 12Z WED MAR 27 2024 - 12Z FRI MAR 29 2024  
  
...RAINY, STORMY WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH  
THURSDAY...  
   
..UNSETTLED WEATHER ARRIVES OVER NORTHWEST TODAY  
  
   
..WARMING TREND BEGINS OVER CENTRAL U.S. ON THURSDAY  
  
A STALLED OUT SURFACE FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL BE THE  
FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
THERE ARE SLIGHT RISKS (AT LEAST 15%) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND  
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA/NORTHERN FLORIDA TODAY, WHERE AREAS OF SURFACE  
LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT MAY ENHANCE RAINFALL  
RATES/TOTALS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ONLY A MARGINAL RISK  
(LEVEL 1/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST  
TODAY. RAIN SHOWERS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC AND  
NORTHEAST COASTS TODAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A NORTHERN STREAM COLD  
FRONT. THERE'S A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY  
MORNING, RIGHT BEFORE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED  
PRECIPITATION PUSH OFF INTO THE ATLANTIC. SHOWERS CONTINUE ALONG  
THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY WITH SOME POTENTIAL SNOW SHOWERS  
DEVELOPING OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND. COASTAL LOW  
DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST COULD ALSO SUPPORT SOME  
ENHANCED RAIN TOTALS FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR, BY  
FRIDAY MORNING.  
  
OUT WEST, A PERIOD OF RAINY/SNOWY WEATHER WILL ENSUE ACROSS THE  
NORTHWEST TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST THIS MORNING THEN INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE  
INTERIOR NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW  
IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE CASCADES, SIERRA NEVADA AND NORTHERN  
ROCKIES; WHERE BETWEEN 1-2 FEET OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY FRIDAY  
MORNING. ELSEWHERE, TROUGHING ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL  
PROMOTE SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE GREAT PLAINS BEGINNING THURSDAY.  
THIS PATTERN WILL SUPPORT ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
  
KEBEDE  
  
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