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FXUS01 KWBC 201852
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SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
251 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2025
VALID 00Z FRI MAR 21 2025 - 00Z SUN MAR 23 2025
...WET WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES...
...A FIRE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN PLAINS, PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN TO CENTRAL GULF COAST AND
EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
..SPRING LIKE TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER 48
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING WILL SEE A LESS SNOW AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION IN THE WAKE OF THE
BLIZZARD/SNOWSTORM THAT AFFECTED AREAS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES HAVING MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA.
COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE PRESS EASTWARD
TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST, BRINGING COOLER AIR ACROSS AREAS
SEEING VERY MILD TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT
USHERING THIS COOLER AIR EASTWARD WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG IT AS IT PRESSES EASTWARD ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. HOWEVER, THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AS STRONG AS WHAT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS THE
MID-WEST, OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION, WITH NO AREAS OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY.
THE ABOVE MENTIONED COLDER AIR PUSHING EASTWARD TODAY WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA
ON FRIDAY AND ACROSS FLORIDA ON SATURDAY. SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES ALSO ON TAP FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS FROM THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HOWEVER, ARCTIC AIR WILL
REMAIN ABSENT FROM THE LOWER 48 FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SPRING.
THE RECENT WET WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARIES MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL BRING
THE NEXT ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING, FOLLOWED BY
MORE RAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
AND NORTHERN ROCKIES ON FRIDAY.
DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN PLAINS, LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, GULF COAST AND FLORIDA
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF A
FIRE RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS. RED FLAG WARNING ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS POTIONS OF THE PLAINS, GULF COAST AND
EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, AFFECTING NEARLY 25 MILLION
PEOPLE.
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