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FXUS01 KWBC 241921
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SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
320 PM EDT THU OCT 24 2024
VALID 00Z FRI OCT 25 2024 - 00Z SUN OCT 27 2024
...AFTER A ROUND OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE MIDWEST THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT, DRY WEATHER EXPECTED
FOR MOST OF LOWER 48 INTO THE WEEKEND...
...WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTHERN
U.S. INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAILY
RECORDS...
A MOSTLY QUIET AND RELATIVELY UNEVENTFUL FALL WEATHER PATTERN WILL
CONTINUE FOR MOST AREAS ACROSS THE NATION INTO THE BEGINNING OF
THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, FIRST FROM
EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATER THIS EVENING INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
ALONG WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS
SHOULD WEAKEN BY SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING AS THEY MOVE EAST WITH THE
COLD FRONT. WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RE-FIRE
ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND/OR FLASH FLOODING ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST, BUT WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WILL MAINTAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH, AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT. LOCATIONS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S,
ABOUT 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE LATE OCTOBER AVERAGES. SEVERAL DAILY
RECORD HIGH MAXIMA ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS THE
SOUTH. THE COMBINATION OF WARM CONDITIONS, DRY GROUNDS, AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRES, ESPECIALLY ACROSS
EASTERN COLORADO, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST, A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE REGION EARLY ON
SATURDAY WITH AREAS OF RAIN FOR WESTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON
PRECEDING THE BOUNDARY. THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THIS PRECIPITATION IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS AND WILL LIKELY BE BENEFICIAL FOR
MOST OF THE REGION GIVEN RECENT DRY CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE
OLYMPICS AND FAR NORTHERN CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE HIGH
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR MOST LOCATIONS AS RAIN,
EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES
WHERE SNOW WILL MIX IN.
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