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FXUS01 KWBC 230815  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
400 AM EDT MON SEP 23 2024  
 
VALID 12Z MON SEP 23 2024 - 12Z WED SEP 25 2024  
 
...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL SLOWLY SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING TO THE  
OHIO VALLEY, CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND LOWER GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY  
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...  
 
...WATCHING THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE  
FORMATION THAT COULD BRING STRENGTHENING WINDS AND PASSING SQUALLY  
DOWNPOURS INTO THE FLORIDA KEYS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
A LOW PRESSURE CONSOLIDATING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ALONG A  
SLOW-MOVING FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE  
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY TONIGHT, THEN ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND  
OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ARE EXPECTED  
TO TAPER OFF AS TODAY PROGRESSES BUT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND  
LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM THE  
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE MIDWEST IN THE MEAN TIME. BY  
TUESDAY, THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL PASS THROUGH THE MIDWEST  
TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES, THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND  
EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE  
LOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY, MAINLY FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO  
TUESDAY NIGHT. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY, MANY AREAS ACROSS THE LOWER  
GREAT LAKES AND THE INTERIOR EAST COAST WILL BE ENSHROUDED BY  
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL  
EXTEND FARTHER SOUTHWEST NEAR/ALONG THE TRAILING FRONT ACROSS THE  
INTERIOR GULF COAST STATES. SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN WILL ALSO  
MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS  
AND UPSTATE NEW YORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW  
PRESSURE NEAR THE FRONT.  
 
THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW BEHIND THE SLOW-MOVING FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS  
THE CENTRAL PLAINS, ALLOWING MUCH OF THE WESTERN U.S. TO REMAIN  
DRY ALONG WITH A WARMING TREND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
MEANWHILE, COLDER AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE PLAINS  
BEHIND THE FRONT BUT 90S WILL BE COMMON IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS  
THE SOUTH AND INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TUESDAY AHEAD  
OF THE FRONT. THE OUTER EDGE OF A PACIFIC CYCLONE CENTERED OVER  
THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL ONLY BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN INTO  
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON STATE THIS MORNING.  
 
FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE TROPICS, THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER  
CONTINUES TO WATCH THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA FOR POTENTIAL  
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION. COMPUTER MODELS NOW APPEAR TO BE IN  
GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SYSTEM TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD AND REACH THE  
YUCATAN CHANNEL BY THE TIME THE SHORT-RANGE FORECAST PERIOD ENDS  
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MEANS THAT THE FLORIDA KEYS COULD  
EXPERIENCE STRENGTHENING WINDS ALONG WITH PASSING SQUALLY  
DOWNPOURS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER  
TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS  
SYSTEM.  
 
KONG  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 

 
 
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