565  
FXUS01 KWBC 131943  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
342 PM EDT SUN OCT 13 2024  
 
VALID 00Z MON OCT 14 2024 - 00Z WED OCT 16 2024  
 
...WET SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST AND  
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA ON SUNDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON SUNDAY...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS MOVES EASTWARD TO OFF MOST OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY  
TUESDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CANADA WILL MOVE  
SOUTHWARD TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY  
MONDAY. THE CLEAR SKY AND CALM WIND ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH HAVE  
TRIGGERED FREEZE WARNINGS, ADVISORIES, AND WATCHES OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.  
 
UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE RAIN  
FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY  
EVENING. WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE  
NORTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION, WET SNOW WILL  
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS OF MICHIGAN S UPPER  
PENINSULA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. ON TUESDAY  
AFTERNOON, WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE HIGHEST  
ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. FURTHER, LAKE EFFECT RAIN  
WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT LAKES FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON  
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL  
APPALACHIANS.  
 
MOREOVER, AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER 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  
THROUGH 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.  
 
FURTHERMORE, A FRONT MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST  
LATE MONDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INLAND TO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL  
PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH  
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION, UPPER-LEVEL DYNAMICS  
ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT. FROM SUNDAY  
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL  
ROCKIES.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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