816  
FXUS01 KWBC 160813  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
412 AM EDT TUE JUL 16 2024  
 
VALID 12Z TUE JUL 16 2024 - 12Z THU JUL 18 2024  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY AND THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND ON  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ROUGHLY EASTWARD TO THE OHIO VALLEY  
ON TUESDAY AND THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND  
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
...THERE ARE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS/WATCHES AND HEAT ADVISORIES  
OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, OHIO/TENNESSEE  
VALLEYS, AND CENTRAL GULF COAST...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY ACROSS THE  
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE SLOWLY  
TO THE NORTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ACROSS THE  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY  
THURSDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL  
2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A  
FEW TORNADOES.  
 
A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS FROM TUESDAY  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
IN ADDITION, THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE HEAVY RAIN  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ROUGHLY EASTWARD TO  
THE OHIO VALLEY. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS EASTWARD TO THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY  
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL  
STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
MOREOVER, MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND DIURNAL HEATING WILL  
PRODUCE LATE AFTERNOON INTO LATE EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SOUTHWEST, AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN  
ROCKIES. FURTHERMORE, ON TUESDAY, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND TROPICAL  
MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL GULF COAST EASTWARD TO THE SOUTHEAST.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD, SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY,  
LOWER GREAT LAKES, CENTRAL APPALACHIAN, MID-ATLANTIC, AND  
NORTHEAST. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5)  
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, AND A MINIMAL  
THREAT OF HAIL AND TORNADOES. FURTHERMORE, SHOWERS AND STRONG TO  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
 
AREAS ALONG THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT  
RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND  
TENNESSEE VALLEY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE  
ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH  
FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING  
AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL  
2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS  
FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN  
WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN  
AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST  
VULNERABLE.  
 
IN ADDITION, MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL EXTEND  
NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES FROM  
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL  
CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS,  
ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
ALSO, ON WEDNESDAY, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL  
PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF  
COAST TO THE SOUTHEAST. FURTHER, MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND  
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES, ALONG WITH DIURNAL HEATING, WILL  
PRODUCE LATE AFTERNOON INTO LATE EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SOUTHWEST, AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN  
ROCKIES. FURTHERMORE, ON WEDNESDAY, UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY MOVING OVER  
PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.  
 
MEANWHILE, UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTHWEST,  
SPAWNING HEAT ADVISORIES OVER THE REGION FROM TUESDAY INTO  
THURSDAY. MOREOVER, A FLAT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND  
SOUTHEAST WILL AID IN CREATING A MAJOR TO EXTREME HEATRISK FOR THE  
EAST COAST PART OF THE COUNTRY. THE DEVELOPING HEAT HAS PROMPTED  
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS/WATCHES AND HEAT ADVISORIES OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY,  
OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS, AND CENTRAL GULF COAST. A SECOND AREA OF  
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS/WATCHES AND HEAT ADVISORIES EXTENDING FROM  
THE MID-ATLANTIC TO PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND. THE NEAR-RECORD  
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY SUGGEST MAJOR TO EXTREME HEATRISK  
CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF THE EAST, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY HEAT, PARTICULARLY FOR  
URBAN AREAS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST COAST, ARE FORECAST. MANY  
DAILY RECORD HIGHS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE EAST COAST, AND NUMEROUS  
WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT  
OVERNIGHT. HEAT STRESS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY FOR THOSE WITHOUT  
ADEQUATE COOLING OR HYDRATION.  
 
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