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FXUS01 KWBC 161856
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
256 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2024
VALID 00Z WED APR 17 2024 - 00Z FRI APR 19 2024
...SEVERE WEATHER AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING FOR THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES/OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY...
...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL FOR THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES...
...WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTH AND DESERT SOUTHWEST; CHILLIER
WEATHER FOR THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND NORTHERN ROCKIES...
A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON,
WITH AN AREA OF RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ITS PATH ACROSS
THE CORN BELT SOUTHWARD TO THE OZARKS TONIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. BY TOMORROW, THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD AND
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
OVER PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY, REACHING INTO THE 70S (NORTH)
TO 80S FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. LIGHTER
RAIN IS EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER, AMIDST
COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S/60S, AS WELL AS INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST AS THE SYSTEM STARTS TO WEAKEN.
FARTHER WEST, COLDER TEMPERATURES BEHIND ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING
OUT OF EASTERN MONTANA WILL SUPPORT SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES AND INTO THE FOOTHILL LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN
WYOMING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA TONIGHT AND
SLOWLY TAPER OFF ON WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE MOUNTAINS,
BUT WILL START TO BRING SOME RAIN TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STARTING
EARLY THURSDAY. FOR THE SOUTHWEST, WARMER TEMPERATURES INTO THE
80S/90S WILL BE COMMON TOMORROW UNDER FAIR CONDITIONS. INTO SOUTH
TEXAS, TEMPERATURES MAY AGAIN CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S TO NEAR 100F
AS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STARTS TO DISSIPATE.
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