960  
FXUS01 KWBC 261959  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
358 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2025  
 
VALID 00Z FRI JUN 27 2025 - 00Z SUN JUN 29 2025  
 
...PROLONGED AND INTENSE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY FROM  
MIDWEST TO MID-ATLANTIC...  
 
...UNSETTLED WEATHER COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S...  
 
APPROXIMATELY 80 MILLION PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER A HEAT HEADLINE THIS  
AFTERNOON AS OUR PROLONGED HEAT WAVE CONTINUES FOR ONE MORE DAY  
ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC, OHIO VALLEY, AND SOUTHEAST. WITHIN THIS  
BROAD AREA, THE OHIO VALLEY (ALONG A PITTSBURGH TO LOUISVILLE  
LINE) IS STILL EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME TO MAJOR HEAT  
IMPACTS. FORTUNATELY, RELIEF IS ON THE WAY BY TOMORROW EVENING AS  
THE RIDGE FLATTENS AND A STRONG BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT SEEPS  
SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. BEHIND THE  
BACK-DOOR FRONT, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70'S IN THE  
NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC SHOULD FEEL GORGEOUS IN  
COMPARISON TO THE RECENT TRIPLE DIGIT HIGHS BEFORE THE FRONT  
QUICKLY WEAKENS ON SATURDAY. BY THIS WEEKEND, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN  
THE UPPER-80'S AND LOW 90'S SHOULD ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE REGION,  
WHICH IS MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR LATE JUNE.  
 
AS IS TYPICAL OF JUNE, WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE CAN BE  
FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOWER 48, GENERALLY  
FOCUSING ALONG A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME OF THE  
ORGANIZED STORMS IN THE MIDWEST, MID-ATLANTIC, AND APPALACHIANS  
TODAY COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING AND  
SEVERE WEATHER PER THE LATEST WPC AND SPC FORECASTS. BY TOMORROW,  
TWO DISTINCT LOW PRESSURE AREAS WILL SPLIT THE THREAT OF SCATTERED  
FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER INTO THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND  
NORTHERN PLAINS, RESPECTIVELY.  
 
ASHERMAN/KEBEDE  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 

 
 
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