681  
FXUS01 KWBC 172021  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
320 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
VALID 00Z MON NOV 18 2024 - 00Z WED NOV 20 2024  
 
...HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA/CASCADES AND  
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION/NORTHERN ROCKIES...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY, CENTRAL GULF COAST ON MONDAY, AND  
CENTRAL GULF COAST/SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY...  
 
A FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL  
MOVE EASTWARD TO THE OHIO, MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS, AND  
SOUTHERN PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING. A SECOND FRONT EXTENDING FROM  
THE GREAT LAKES TO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD,  
AND THE FRONT S EASTERN END WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT MONDAY OVER  
PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG  
THE WESTERN END OF THE BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT  
SUNDAY AND MOVES TO NORTHEASTWARD TO CENTRAL CANADA BY TUESDAY  
EVENING WHILE THE BOUNDARY MOVES TO THE GREAT LAKES TO THE LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN ADDITION, A SECOND WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE  
WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ON TUESDAY.  
 
THE NORTHWEST FRONT WILL CREATE COASTAL RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO NORTHERN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH EARLY  
MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE OLYMPIC  
PENINSULA/CASCADES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWED BY MODERATE  
TO HEAVY SNOW ON TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD, MODERATE TO  
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN  
REGION/NORTHERN ROCKIES OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THEN  
MODERATE SNOW OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY. FURTHER, WEAK ONSHORE  
FLOW WILL AID IN PRODUCING RAIN OVER PARTS OF COASTAL NORTHWEST  
AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, AS THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OVER  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD OVER THE AREA,  
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH  
PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY 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, SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND  
AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE  
SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS  
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY,  
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS OF 65 KNOTS OR GREATER OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.  
 
FURTHERMORE, AS THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD, SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY OVER  
THE PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS  
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
ALSO, ON MONDAY, AS TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMS OVER THE CENTRAL  
GULF COAST, HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. THEREFORE,  
THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY  
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.  
 
LIKEWISE, AS THE AXIS OF TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES EASTWARD, HEAVY  
RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND  
SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4)  
OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND  
SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY. 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,  
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER  
MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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