272  
FXUS01 KWBC 212012  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
400 PM EDT MON APR 21 2025  
 
VALID 00Z TUE APR 22 2025 - 00Z THU APR 24 2025  
 
...MIXED RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TAPERING OFF AS  
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO CANADA...  
 
...ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEGINNING LATER ON TUESDAY...  
 
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THIS  
MONDAY AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO MOVE FARTHER INTO SOUTHEASTERN  
CANADA THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MIXED RAIN AND WET SNOW  
AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL GRADUALLY  
TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH  
THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THROUGH  
TONIGHT ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. FARTHER SOUTH, ONLY SCATTERED  
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT.  
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO  
LINGER THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE TRAILING FRONT  
STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF WILL THEN  
GRADUALLY STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN AND THEN THE CENTRAL  
PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW STRENGTHENS. ROUNDS OF  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM TIME TO TIME BEGINNING LATER ON TUESDAY  
WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY GOING INTO WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE  
WAVE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  
 
OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF  
TONIGHT AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH AND HEADS INTO THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS TROUGH WILL THEN BRING A ROUND OF RAIN  
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WHERE A WEAK OCCLUDED  
CYCLONE PASSES THROUGH. MEANWHILE, MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST AS WELL  
AS FLORIDA WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL  
AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNTRY WHILE  
COOLER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  
 
KONG  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
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