911  
FXUS01 KWBC 072045  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
400 PM EDT SUN JUL 07 2024  
 
VALID 00Z MON JUL 08 2024 - 00Z WED JUL 10 2024  
 
...TROPICAL STORM BERYL EXPECTED TO RE-INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE  
STRENGTH AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST EARLY ON  
MONDAY; VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO SPREAD WELL  
INLAND THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...  
 
...EXTREME HEAT BECOMES LESS INTENSE IN CALIFORNIA BUT CONTINUES  
IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST; MORE HEAT  
AND HUMIDITY FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC AS WELL....  
 
...FOCUS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN OKLAHOMA  
INTO THIS EVENING WILL GIVE WAY TO HEAVY TROPICAL DOWNPOURS  
ASSOCIATED WITH BERYL TRACKING UP EASTERN TEXAS...  
   
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN UTAH  
 
AFTER REORGANIZING OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO, TROPICAL STORM  
BERYL IS POISED TO REGAIN HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT BEGINS TO TRACK  
MORE NORTHWARD TOWARD THE CENTRAL TEXAS COASTLINE. HEAVY SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF BERYL  
HAVE ALREADY MOVED ONSHORE INTO EASTERN TEXAS THIS SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS WILL LIKELY IMPACT MUCH OF  
COASTAL TEXAS WITH INCREASINGLY SQUALLY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AS  
THE CORE OF BERYL APPROACHES THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST. THE  
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER EXPECTS BERYL TO RE-INTENSIFY INTO  
HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THIS EVENING WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR A  
PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT INTENSIFICATION AS THE CENTER OF BERYL NEARS  
THE COAST. RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO  
FOLLOW EVACUATION AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS WHEN  
PROMPTED TO DO SO. FOLLOWING LANDFALL, BERYL IS FORECAST TO  
CONTINUE TRACKING NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS ON MONDAY WITH  
VERY HEAVY TROPICAL DOWNPOURS AND SQUALLY CONDITIONS SPREADING  
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH MONDAY, ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR  
ISOLATED TORNADOES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH  
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND JUST EAST OF  
THE TRACK OF BERYL THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE  
EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE  
AREAS OF FLASH AND URBAN FLOODING, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE LOCALLY  
CONSIDERABLE. MINOR TO ISOLATED MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO  
EXPECTED.  
 
AS BERYL TRACKS FARTHER INLAND, IT WILL COME INTO INCREASING  
INTERACTION WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MID-SECTION OF THE  
COUNTRY AND WILL BEGIN TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS MONDAY  
NIGHT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL ALSO TURN BERYL TOWARD THE NORTHEAST  
ACROSS ARKANSAS ON TUESDAY AS BERYL BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL. SOME  
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS EXTRATROPICAL BERYL TRACKS ACROSS  
ARKANSAS TOWARD THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY. A PERIOD  
OF HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED JUST NORTH OF BERYL'S TRACKS.  
 
MEANWHILE, THE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE IN THE WEST IS  
FORECAST TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND INTO THE  
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DOZENS OF DAILY  
RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE TIED OR BROKEN INTO THE  
WORK WEEK. HIGHS IN THE 100S TO 110S AND LOWS IN THE 70S WILL BE  
15-30 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE MULTI-DAY NATURE OF THE HEAT AND  
RECORD WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE HEAT STRESS TO BUILD  
IN PEOPLE WITHOUT ADEQUATE COOLING AND HYDRATION. IN ADDITION TO  
THE HEAT, DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN UTAH  
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK TODAY. THE  
INTENSE HEAT IS FORECAST TO GET LESS INTENSE ACROSS THE CENTRAL  
VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS HIGHS ARE  
FORECAST TO STAY BELOW 110 BY TUESDAY BUT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES  
WILL REMAIN WELL INTO THE 100S. MEANWHILE, HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO  
TOP 110 DEGREES ON TUESDAY AT THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS IN INTERIOR  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH 120 DEGREES REMAIN WITHIN REACH IN THE  
DESERT SOUTHWEST.  
 
THE DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THAT EVENTUALLY  
LIFTS BERYL ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH WILL PUSH A SURFACE COLD FRONT  
SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THIS EVENING. SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH CLUSTERS OF  
CONVECTION WILL REMAIN A CONCERN INTO TONIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO EXTEND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST  
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO  
MOVE ACROSS MANY AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST,  
AS WELL AS ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH  
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING  
CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THESE AREAS.  
 
KONG/KEBEDE  
 
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