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FXUS01 KWBC 150759
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
358 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2025
VALID 12Z TUE APR 15 2025 - 12Z THU APR 17 2025
..GUSTY WINDS IN NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC TODAY
...SNOW ACROSS LOWER GREAT LAKES TODAY THEN NORTHERN ROCKIES ON
WEDNESDAY...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK RETURNS TO SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS/SOUTHWEST BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...
...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL U.S.; COOLER
IN THE EAST...
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
GENERATE SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW DOWN WIND OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN MODEST WITH
AROUND 4-8 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF UPSTATE NEW
YORK/ADIRONDACKS. WINDS WILL PICK UP IN THE WAKE OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MIDWEST, NORTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, LEADING TO SOME MODERATE IMPACTS FOR
PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA INTO NORTHWESTERN WYOMING.
MILD, DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE A CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY. ELSEWHERE, COOLER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT
TONIGHT. SPLIT FLOW IN THE WEST, WITH AN UPPER TROUGH ANCHORED
OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND A CLOSED LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST COAST,
SHOULD ENCOURAGE AMPLE WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE WEST AND
CENTRAL U.S. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY BE 15-25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT AREN'T LIKELY TO RIVAL
ANY EXISTING RECORDS.
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