908  
FXUS01 KWBC 121959  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
357 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2025  
 
VALID 00Z SAT SEP 13 2025 - 00Z MON SEP 15 2025  
 
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, HIGH PLAINS,  
AND SOUTH FLORIDA; SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER  
POSSIBLE...  
 
...RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED THIS WEEKEND WEST OF  
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE; WARM WEATHER FORECAST DOWNWIND ACROSS THE  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S...  
 
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, HIGH PLAINS, AND SOUTH FLORIDA  
CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE  
FLANK(S) OF AN UPPER-RIDGE SANDWICHED OVER THE HEARTLAND. TO THE  
WEST, SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING, HAIL, AND SEVERE WIND REMAIN  
POSSIBLE TODAY NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS  
AS THUNDERSTORMS EXPAND IN COVERAGE DOWNSTREAM OF AN AMPLIFIED  
UPPER-TROUGH. EVENTUALLY, THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER-TROUGH AND AN  
EMERGING COLD FRONT SHOULD SHIFT THE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER  
THREAT EASTWARD INTO THE HIGH PLAINS (BOTH NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN)  
TOMORROW, WITH A SIMILAR COVERAGE OF IMPACTS EXPECTED. MEANWHILE,  
IN THE EAST, ISOLATED TO SCATTERED URBAN FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL  
WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY WITH STORMS  
EXPECTED NEAR A STUBBORN FRONT WHICH HAS NOW MEANDERED SOUTH OF  
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.  
 
WITH THE ADVANCE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER-TROUGH AND COLD  
FRONT, RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE  
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THIS WEEKEND WITH DAYTIME HIGHS 10-15 DEGREES  
BELOW NORMAL (GENERALLY IN THE 70'S-80'S). IN STARK CONTRAST TO  
THE WEST, SOME OF THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL SEE WARM, ABOVE-AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURES ECLIPSING THE MID-UPPER 90'S THIS WEEKEND. THE LATEST  
EXPERIMENTAL HEATRISK GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THIS HOT WEATHER  
COULD POSSIBLY IMPACT ANYONE WITHOUT ACCESS TO COOLING OR  
HYDRATION ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOOKING BEYOND THE WEEKEND, WARM  
TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S., ALTHOUGH AS OF  
NOW HEAT IMPACTS BEYOND WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO THOSE  
SENSITIVE TO HEAT.  
 
ASHERMAN  
 
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