076  
FXUS01 KWBC 221841  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
240 PM EDT MON APR 22 2024  
 
VALID 00Z TUE APR 23 2024 - 00Z THU APR 25 2024  
 
...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES STRETCH FROM THE GREAT PLAINS  
TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...  
 
...ABOVE THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL U.S;  
GREAT LAKES EXPERIENCE BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES MID-WEEK...  
 
A QUIETER THAN NORMAL PERIOD OF WEATHER IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE  
CONUS AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE UNTIL THURSDAY. TONIGHT,  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A PAIR OF  
COLD FRONTS PROPAGATING THROUGH THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND  
UPPER MIDWEST. SOME RAIN SHOWERS MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE SOCAL  
COAST AS WELL. MORE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. TWO LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CONSOLIDATE AND SPREAD SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY.  
STORMS ARE ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO  
THAT EVENING.  
 
AN AMPLIFYING PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND WESTERN CONUS  
WILL INFLUENCE TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. STRONG  
SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST WILL SUPPORT ABOVE AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE  
OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AS WELL DURING THIS PERIOD. AN UPPER TROUGH  
MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY WILL SUPPORT BELOW  
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES INTO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
KEBEDE  
 
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