108  
FXUS01 KWBC 260714  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
313 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025  
 
VALID 12Z MON MAY 26 2025 - 12Z WED MAY 28 2025  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE VALLEYS ON  
MONDAY AND OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY/SOUTHEAST, AND OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON  
TUESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY AND  
TUESDAY...  
 
A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL HAVE A WAVE OF LOW  
PRESSURE MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE FLOWING  
NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF AMERICA WILL OVERRUN THE BOUNDARY,  
CREATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE VALLEYS.  
THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THESE AREAS 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.  
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.  
THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW  
TORNADOES. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF HAIL, TWO INCHES  
OR GREATER, OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.  
 
FURTHER, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON MONDAY.  
 
ON TUESDAY, THE STATIONARY FRONT STARTS TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVER  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY,  
PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER TWO AREAS:  
THE FIRST AREA OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE SECOND OVER THE  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW  
TORNADOES. FURTHER, THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF HAIL, TWO INCHES  
OR GREATER, OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.  
 
MOREOVER, THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL EXTEND ALONG THE  
FRONT FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE, THE  
WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
OVER TWO AREAS, THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI  
VALLEY, INTO THE SOUTHEAST TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.  
 
FURTHERMORE, AS THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE OHIO  
VALLEY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE  
OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY 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.  
 
IN ADDITION, THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE RAIN OVER PARTS  
OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, LOWER GREAT LAKES, AND MID-ATLANTIC ON  
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO  
DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST.  
 
MEANWHILE, A FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON MONDAY MOVES  
INLAND TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND DISSIPATES OVERNIGHT TUESDAY.  
THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC  
NORTHWEST ON MONDAY MORNING AND INTO PARTS OF THE NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION BY LATE MONDAY EVENING AND END OVER THE  
NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT MONDAY. ON TUESDAY, THE RAIN WILL MOVE SLOWLY  
INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN PLAINS. FURTHERMORE, AN  
UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST MONDAY EVENING  
INTO WEDNESDAY, CREATING LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER  
MIDWEST.  
 
ELSEWHERE, LINGERING UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL  
PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST  
THROUGH LATE MONDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 

 
 
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