537  
FXUS01 KWBC 230711  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
311 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2024  
 
VALID 12Z WED OCT 23 2024 - 12Z FRI OCT 25 2024  
 
...VERY PLEASANT WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY  
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...  
 
...WELL ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN U.S...  
 
A QUIET AND RELATIVELY UNEVENTFUL FALL WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE IN  
PLACE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S. THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY, WITH HIGH  
PRESSURE KEEPING MAINLY SUNNY SKIES IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL  
AND EASTERN U.S. AND THE VERY PLEASANT CONDITIONS CONTINUING.  
TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE QUITE MILD AND FEEL MORE LIKE  
SEPTEMBER ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST COAST REGION ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD  
OF A COLD FRONT, WHICH WILL HERALD THE ARRIVAL OF MORE AUTUMNAL  
TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY WITH HIGHS FALLING 10 TO 20 DEGREES FOR  
MANY AREAS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE NORTHEAST. EVEN WARMER  
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TO CLOSE  
OUT THE WORK WEEK, WITH HIGHS RUNNING UP TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE  
NORMAL FOR LATE OCTOBER, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW RECORD HIGHS.  
 
IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION PROSPECTS, SOME LIGHT SHOWERS ARE  
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO NEW  
ENGLAND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHERE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL BE  
GREATEST, AND REMAINING DRY FARTHER TO THE SOUTH GIVEN A PAUCITY  
OF MOISTURE AND LACK OF DYNAMICS. A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY FOR THE MIDWEST STATES AHEAD  
OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS  
ON THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW  
SHOWERS IN EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. OUT WEST,  
SOME SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM EASTERN  
OREGON TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH A SHORTWAVE UPPER TROUGH  
MOVING THROUGH THE REGION.  
 
THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM CONDITIONS, DRY GROUNDS, AND  
INCREASED WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RAISE THE POTENTIAL  
FOR WILDFIRES, BASED ON THE SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK ON THURSDAY.  
THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON  
WEDNESDAY.  
 
HAMRICK  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 
 
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