639  
FXUS01 KWBC 220805  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
400 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2024  
 
VALID 12Z MON JUL 22 2024 - 12Z WED JUL 24 2024  
 
...MAJOR TO LOCALLY EXTREME HEAT RISK EXPECTED TO EXPAND FROM THE  
GREAT BASIN INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS  
OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA...  
 
....SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE  
SOUTHEAST TODAY NEAR A STALLED FRONT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD  
THE EAST COAST AS ANOTHER FRONT WILL SPREAD ADDITIONAL  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
...MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND  
INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WITH THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH  
FLOODING...  
 
A SLOW-TO-EVOLVE SUMMERTIME WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE  
U.S. MAINLAND AS WE HEAD INTO LATE JULY. THIS WEATHER PATTERN  
WILL SUSTAIN THE ONGOING HEAT WAVE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. WHILE  
MAINTAINING COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MID-SECTION  
OF THE COUNTRY AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST. THE PROLONGED  
NATURE OF THE HEAT IN THE WEST WILL KEEP THE HEAT RISK AT MAJOR TO  
LOCALLY EXTREME LEVELS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF  
CALIFORNIA, AND THE GREAT BASIN TODAY WHERE ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF  
TRIPLE DIGIT HIGH TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. MEANWHILE, A PACIFIC  
COLD FRONT WILL SET THINGS IN MOTION A BIT AS THE FRONT MOVES  
INLAND ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF  
DAYS. TRIPLE-DIGIT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL THEN EXPAND EASTWARD  
INTO NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE  
110S WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND 100S IN THE  
CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRACTICE HEAT  
SAFETY IN THIS PERSISTENT AND PROLONGED HEAT WAVE IN THE WESTERN  
U.S.  
 
IN CONTRAST, COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS  
THE MID-SECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN  
U.S. WHERE A STALLED FRONT WILL KEEP PLENTY OF CLOUDS ALONG WITH  
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO  
BE POTENT BUT THEY COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES FROM  
TIME TO TIME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER STATES. THE UPPER-LEVEL  
PATTERN AND INSTABILITY THAT SUPPORT THESE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST TODAY WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND  
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE EASTERN U.S. ON TUESDAY AND THEN GENERALLY  
AFFECT AREAS FROM ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH INTO MUCH OF THE EAST  
COAST BY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT FROM EASTERN CANADA WILL  
DIP INTO THE NORTHERN TIER STATES, BRINGING ADDITIONAL  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE, MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE  
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WITH THE THREAT  
OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
KONG  
 
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