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FXUS01 KWBC 231746
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
146 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2024
VALID 00Z THU OCT 24 2024 - 00Z SAT OCT 26 2024
...REMARKABLY QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUES ACROSS MOST
OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...
...WELL ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TODAY ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S.
AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN U.S. THROUGH FRIDAY...
FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL FALL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THE REMARKABLY DRY
WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S. THROUGH THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK. A PAIR OF FAST MOVING, BUT FAIRLY MOISTURE STARVED
FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH LIMITED
CHANGES RESULTING IN ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE WARM TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A POTENTIAL FOR RECORD DAILY
TEMPERATURE RECORDS REMAINS TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC BEFORE THE FIRST FRONT SLIDES THROUGH LATER TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING; WHILE NEAR RECORD HEAT EXPANDS FROM
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL GULF
COAST STATES BY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
THE SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM IS STARTING TO PRESS OUT OF THE PACIFIC
INTO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH LIMITED SHOWER AND
HIGHER MOUNTAIN LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TODAY BEFORE PRESSING INTO THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY. THE ONLY AREA OF
IMPACTFUL COLD WILL FOLLOW THIS FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHWEST, WHERE FROST ADVISORIES AND FREEZE WARNINGS ARE UP FOR
PORTIONS OF WESTERN OREGON AND FAR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
BY THURSDAY, A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP INTO ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN MIDWEST
MAINLY AFTER SUNSET. FURTHER SOUTH STRONGER WINDS AND LOWER
HUMIDITY MAY BE CONDUCIVE FOR AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK FOR
THURSDAY ACROSS EASTERN OK, SOUTHEAST KS, SOUTHWEST MO AND FAR
NORTHWEST AR; AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER.
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