494  
FXUS01 KWBC 192006  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
405 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 2024  
 
VALID 00Z SUN OCT 20 2024 - 00Z TUE OCT 22 2024  
   
..HEAVY SNOW WINDING DOWN OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...  
 
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND MOVE  
TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY MONDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE  
AN ISOLATED AREA OF HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY OVER  
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THEN TAPER OFF LIGHT SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL  
ROCKIES ON SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY.  
 
IN ADDITION, THE DYNAMIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-LOW WILL  
PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
HIGH PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
FURTHERMORE, THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE  
ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH  
FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING  
AREAS THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
MOREOVER, THE SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE  
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW  
TORNADOES.  
 
MEANWHILE, A WEAKENING FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES  
TO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF  
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
FURTHERMORE, ONSHORE FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF  
TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY, ONSHORE FLOW OFF THE  
ATLANTIC WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF FLORIDA  
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.  
 
ELSEWHERE, A FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST  
OVERNIGHT SATURDAY AND MOVE INLAND TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS,  
NORTHERN ROCKIES, AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY MONDAY EVENING. THE  
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST  
THROUGH MONDAY. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THE CASCADES, SNOW WILL  
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES ON  
MONDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 
 
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