521  
FXUS01 KWBC 021815  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
206 PM EDT MON JUN 02 2025  
 
VALID 00Z TUE JUN 03 2025 - 00Z THU JUN 05 2025  
 
...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ACROSS THE MID  
SECTION OF THE NATION LATE MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...  
 
...MUCH COOLER WEATHER SETTLES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S., WHILE THE  
EAST WARMS UP...  
 
...WET WEATHER TO PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THE NEXT FEW DAYS,  
SPREADING NORTH INTO NORTH FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL SOUTHEAST BY  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
...ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FOR PORTIONS OF THE  
SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY...  
 
THE VERY ACTIVE SPRING 2025 WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE  
NEXT FEW DAYS WITH WIDESPREAD REGIONS OF HEAVY RAINS AND SEVERE  
WEATHER THREATS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE  
LOWER MISSOURI AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGIONS. SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN ACTIVE OVER THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE  
PAST 24 HOURS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT FARTHER NORTHEASTWARD LATE  
MONDAY AFTERNOON/MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL HIGH  
PLAINS. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING AND SEVERE  
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON  
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY. HIGH WINDS AND  
LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HERE, WITH A  
LESSER THREAT OF TORNADOES. THIS HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING AND SEVERE  
WEATHER THREAT WILL THEN SHIFT EASTWARD DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY,  
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, EARLY HOURS OF WEDNESDAY FROM THE MIDDLE  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, SOUTHWEST INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND  
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. SIMILAR TO  
THE FIRST ROUND OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT, THE SECOND  
ROUND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH LARGE  
HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THE GREATEST THREAT, WITH A LESSER THREAT FROM  
TORNADOES. THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS WILL BRING SOME RELIEF  
TO THE ONGOING MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS  
WESTERN TO CENTRAL KANSAS, MUCH OF NEBRASKA, FAR NORTHWEST  
MISSOURI AND FAR WESTERN IOWA. THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS  
WILL BE FALLING ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE  
PRECIP OVER THE PAST MONTH. THIS WILL BE LEADING TO A GREATEST  
THREAT OF FLOODING FROM NORTH TEXAS, ACROSS CENTRAL TO EASTERN  
OKLAHOMA, EASTERN KANSAS, AND MISSOURI WHERE SOILS ARE MORE  
SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS.  
 
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT  
ACROSS THE MID SECTION OF THE NATION, MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE  
ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THE AREA OF MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURES MONDAY ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL BE REPLACED BY AN  
INCREASINGLY LARGE AREA OF BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID  
SECTION.  
 
WHILE TEMPERATURES COOL ACROSS THE MID-SECTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE  
OPPOSITE WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. THE RECENT PROLONGED  
PERIOD OF BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL BE REPLACED BY AN  
INCREASING AREA OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID TO  
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, EAST INTO NEARLY ALL OF THE EAST AS AN  
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THESE REGIONS. THE EXCEPTION TO  
THE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE EAST WILL BE ACROSS  
FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL SOUTHEAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW  
AVERAGE. THIS IS THE RESULT OF A DEVELOPING MID TO UPPER LEVEL  
LOW FROM THE EASTERN GULF, ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST  
WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS. HEAVY RAINS  
WILL INITIALLY BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A STATIONARY  
FRONT OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY, WHERE  
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBANIZED AREAS.  
THIS RAIN WILL BE MUCH WELCOMED AS THIS REGION REMAINS IN SEVERE  
TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THESE RAINS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA  
WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO PUSH NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY INTO NORTH FLORIDA  
AND THE COASTAL SOUTHEAST AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, FORMING  
ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC, MOVES  
SLOWLY NORTHWARD FROM OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. PLEASE SEE  
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER'S TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR  
FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.  
 
DURING WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF STRONG MID TO UPPER  
LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO PUSH FROM OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA  
COAST INTO THE SOUTHWEST. WITH MOISTURE VALUES FORECAST TO REMAIN  
MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE, ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVE SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE FROM FAR  
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA, ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTHERN ARIZONA, CENTRAL  
TO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO, SOUTHERN UTAH AND  
SOUTHERN NEVADA.  
 
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