480
FXUS01 KWBC 242001
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EDT MON MAR 24 2025
VALID 00Z TUE MAR 25 2025 - 00Z THU MAR 27 2025
...SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE, WARM TO HOT EARLY SPRING
TEMPERATURES WILL EXPAND OVER THE WESTERN/CENTRAL U.S. THIS WEEK
WITH NUMEROUS MONTHLY RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE...
...WET WEATHER ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON STATE TODAY IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ON TUESDAY AS CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION REMAIN LOW ACROSS THE LOWER 48 THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...
A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN INTO CENTRAL
U.S. WILL BRING AN EARLY SPRING HEAT WAVE THIS WEEK AS
SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS
THE REGION. ALREADY WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL
BE EVEN WARMER ON TUESDAY, WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 60S AND 70S
FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/WEST COAST, THROUGHOUT THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST, AND INTO THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. HIGHS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BE IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S WHILE THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL SEE HIGHS SOAR INTO THE 90S AND MAY EVEN REACH 100.
PRECIPIATION CHANCES ALONG THE WEST COAST AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL BRING TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AS
THE FOCUS OF WELL ABOVE AVERAGE HIGHS SHIFTS OVER THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. NUMEROUS
RECORD-TYING/BREAKING DAILY AND MONTHLY HIGHS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TUESDAY FROM TEXAS WEST THROUGH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWARD
ALONG THE WEST COAST. ADDITIONAL RECORD-TYING/BREAKING HIGHS WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THROUGHOUT THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WEDNESDAY.
MUCH OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE RATHER QUIET WITH REGARDS TO
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ESPECIALLY
AFTER MONDAY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE/FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHING
THE EAST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST COAST AND GULF COAST THROUGH THIS
EVENING, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FURTHER
NORTH OVER PORTIONS OF MAINE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. LINGERING LIGHT
RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND
INTERIOR NORTHEAST AS THE PARENT UPPER-LOW SPINS DOWN. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND A FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO WIND DOWN ALONG UPSLOPE
PORTIONS OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN CASCADES IN
WASHINGTON INTO MONDAY EVENING AS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT COMES
TO AN END. SOME LOWER ELEVATION RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGHER ELEVATION
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS IN THE REGION. A
CLIPPER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDWEST INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY AND EASTWARD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC WILL ALSO BRING
SOME LIGHT SHOWER CHANCES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WHICH MAY MIX
WITH A LITTLE SNOW FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE APPALACHIANS. A CLUSTER OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, MOST LIKELY OVER NORTHERN TEXAS AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. FINALLY, HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY, INCREASING
MOISTURE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WILL BRING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES INTO SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS, AND THE NEXT PACIFIC
SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL ALSO BRING THE
RETURN OF WET WEATHER TO THE REGION.
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