138  
FXUS01 KWBC 220708  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
307 AM EDT TUE OCT 22 2024  
 
VALID 12Z TUE OCT 22 2024 - 12Z THU OCT 24 2024  
   
..RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES TODAY  
 
   
..SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES  
 
...WELL ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN U.S...  
 
A RELATIVELY ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM WILL PROMOTE SENSIBLE WEATHER  
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. RAIN  
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED ALONG A COLD FRONT WILL  
SPREAD FROM NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING TO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF  
MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE ONCE CUT-OFF LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS  
WILL QUICKLY PHASE WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM AND AMPLIFY OVER THE  
EAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. IN THE MEANTIME, WARM SOUTHERLY  
ADVECTION INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. WILL PRODUCE  
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE 15-25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, PARTICULARLY  
FOR PORTIONS OF THE GREAT PLAINS, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND  
NORTHEAST.  
 
RIDGING OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE  
SOUTHERN U.S. RELATIVELY WARM DURING THIS PERIOD. CONTINUED  
TROUGHING IN THE NORTHWEST WILL GENERATE COOLER TEMPERATURES AND  
SOME SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE  
CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH A FEW INCHES EXPECTED FOR  
PORTIONS OF THE ABSAROKA RANGE, IN PARTICULAR.  
 
KEBEDE  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 
 
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