452  
FXUS01 KWBC 280734  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
334 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
VALID 12Z WED MAY 28 2025 - 12Z FRI MAY 30 2025  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE  
SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS, SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS, AND THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE TO THE LOWER  
GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY AND EASTWARD TO JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST  
CANADIAN COAST BY FRIDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHWARD  
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT  
WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT  
RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY 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, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY 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 THE  
WESTERN REGIONS OF KANSAS.  
 
MOREOVER, A SECOND AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER  
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS  
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES.  
 
A THIRD AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF  
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND  
GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF TORNADOES.  
 
RAIN WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND  
MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY.  
ADDITIONALLY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF  
THE UPPER MIDWEST, NORTHERN PLAINS, AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES.  
FURTHER, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
MID-ATLANTIC, TENNESSEE VALLEY, AND THE SOUTHEAST, ENDING OVER THE  
OHIO/ TENNESSEE VALLEYS AND PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC BY THURSDAY  
MORNING.  
 
ON THURSDAY, THE MOISTURE FLOWING OUT OF THE GULF OF AMERICA WILL  
STREAM OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST, PRODUCING SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL GULF COAST EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST FROM THURSDAY INTO  
FRIDAY 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.  
 
ALSO, ON THURSDAY, RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER  
MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST, ENDING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST OVERNIGHT.  
THE RAIN WILL LINGER OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH FRIDAY  
MORNING. MOREOVER, MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, SOUTHERN OHIO  
VALLEY, AND THE MID-ATLANTIC ON THURSDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, A FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, MOVING EASTWARD TO  
THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS/NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE GREAT BASIN BY  
FRIDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN OVER PARTS  
OF THE NORTHWEST, EXPANDING INTO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION  
BY THURSDAY EVENING AND INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BY FRIDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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