040  
FXUS01 KWBC 191910  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
309 PM EDT THU SEP 19 2024  
 
VALID 00Z FRI SEP 20 2024 - 00Z SUN SEP 22 2024  
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL  
TO SOUTHERN PLAINS...  
 
...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PLAINS, MID TO UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, OHIO VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES...  
   
..RAINY WEATHER ON TAP FOR SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND  
 
...A DEVELOPING HEAVY RAIN EVENT THIS WEEKEND FROM THE CENTRAL TO  
SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...  
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A  
FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY,  
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH  
WINDS THE GREATEST THREAT, WITH TORNADOES A LESSER THREAT. THIS  
FRONT WILL BE FAIRLY QUICK MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST, WHICH  
WILL BE A DETRIMENT TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER,  
THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HEAVY TOTALS, THAT COULD  
RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING, ESPECIALLY OVER URBANIZED REGIONS.  
 
THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH TEMPERATURE RELIEF IN THE WAKE OF THIS  
FRONT FROM THE MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY  
STRETCHING ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE MID TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES. THESE REGIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME  
LATE SUMMER HEAT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS BEFORE A STRONGER COLD  
FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TO CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY AND BEGINS TO PUSH COOLER AIR  
EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  
 
THERE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE  
LOWER 48 OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. EXCEPTIONS WILL BE ACROSS  
SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND WHERE A SLOW MOVING LOW OFF THE SOUTHEAST  
NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL KEEP CONDITIONS WET FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  
SHOWERY WEATHER ALSO LIKELY TO PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE  
TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY  
RAINS AND ISOLATED URBAN FLASH FLOODING FROM DAILY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
A STRONG MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN  
CALIFORNIA COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE PRESSING EASTWARD  
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE FOUR CORNERS  
REGION. THERE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ANY LARGE AREAS OF  
PRECIPIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STRONG MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW  
ACROSS CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO THE SOUTHWEST FROM  
THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER, DURING SATURDAY AS  
THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION, HIGHER LEVELS OF  
MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO BE TRANSPORTED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE MID  
TO UPPER LEVEL LOW INTO THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF AN  
INCREASINGLY LARGE PRECIPITATION EVENT, INITIALLY ACROSS THE  
CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN ROCKIES ON SATURDAY, BUT EXPANDING EASTWARD  
SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND LOWER MISSOURI  
VALLEY.  
 
ORAVEC  
 
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