517  
FXUS01 KWBC 121939  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
338 PM EDT SAT OCT 12 2024  
 
VALID 00Z SUN OCT 13 2024 - 00Z TUE OCT 15 2024  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON SUNDAY...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC WESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL  
PLAINS HAS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY THAT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY MONDAY  
EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION, SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO  
VALLEY THAT MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC BY SUNDAY EVENING.  
FURTHERMORE, RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES  
ON SATURDAY EVENING, EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT  
SATURDAY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ON SUNDAY  
EVENING, WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE ADIRONDACK  
MOUNTAINS AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING.  
 
MOREOVER, AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON  
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND MODERATE  
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.  
THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A MARGINAL RISK (LEVEL 1/5) OF  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS FROM  
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF TORNADOES.  
 
MEANWHILE, EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC WILL AID IN PRODUCING  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS  
OF SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A MARGINAL  
RISK (LEVEL 1/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN  
FLORIDA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL  
CREATE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, AFFECTING AREAS THAT  
EXPERIENCE RAPID RUNOFF WITH HEAVY RAIN.  
 
OVER THE WEST COAST, WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE LIGHT RAIN OVER  
PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
FURTHERMORE, UPPER-LEVEL DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL  
LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES  
FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 
 
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