530  
FXUS01 KWBC 211956  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
356 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2024  
 
VALID 00Z MON APR 22 2024 - 00Z WED APR 24 2024  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH MONDAY...  
 
...LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR ON  
TUESDAY...  
 
...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST;  
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE  
SOUTHEAST, THEN TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA COAST WILL SLOWLY  
MOVE SOUTHWARD OF THE FLORIDA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WITH  
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY.  
THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A MARGINAL RISK (LEVEL 1/5) OF  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH  
MONDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS  
ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND  
A MINIMAL THREAT OF TORNADOES.  
 
ON MONDAY, THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF FLORIDA BY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS  
WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
FLORIDA PENINSULA UNTIL THE BOUNDARY MOVES OFFSHORE. THEREFORE,  
THE SPC HAS ISSUED A MARGINAL RISK (LEVEL 1/5) OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THROUGH MONDAY  
AFTERNOON. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A  
FEW TORNADOES.  
 
MEANWHILE, HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY/SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD, REACHING OFF  
THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WIND  
WILL HELP ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO BE 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE  
FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THEN TO THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS, WHICH WILL EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT WARMING TREND BY TUESDAY  
AFTERNOON. IN CONTRAST, TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE  
AVERAGE OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
A SECOND FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE GREAT BASIN WILL  
ALSO MOVE EASTWARD TO THE GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY  
TUESDAY. ON MONDAY, AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES ONTO THE PLAINS, A WEAK  
PLUME OF MOISTURE FLOWS FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TO THE  
UPPER MIDWEST, AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVERNIGHT MONDAY  
INTO TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY, THE RAIN MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES. BY  
TUESDAY EVENING, THE RAIN WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES  
SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. COLD HIGH PRESSURE  
OVER HUDSON BAY WILL STREAM COLD AIR OVER LAKE SUPERIOR,  
DEVELOPING LIGHT SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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