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FXUS01 KWBC 150649  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
248 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2025  
 
VALID 12Z WED OCT 15 2025 - 12Z FRI OCT 17 2025  
 
...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER GREAT LAKES  
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY....  
 
...HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY AND  
OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON THURSDAY...  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN MOVES  
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA BY FRIDAY. THE ASSOCIATED  
FRONT MOVES FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
AND CENTRAL PLAINS/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY THE SEVENTEENTH,  
FRIDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL CREATE RAIN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL  
CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE, RAIN AND HIGHER-ELEVATION SNOW  
WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND THE GREAT BASIN  
ON WEDNESDAY AND THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/THE NORTHERN  
ROCKIES ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.  
 
MOREOVER, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  
FURTHER, RAIN WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL  
PLAINS, THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND THE GREAT LAKES ON  
WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY OVER THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS, THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND THE GREAT LAKES. IN  
ADDITION, THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED OVER THE NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND NORTHERN ROCKIES ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.  
ADDITIONALLY, WEAK ONSHORE FLOW WILL HELP DEVELOP RAIN OVER THE  
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY.  
 
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