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FXUS01 KWBC 240736
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
334 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2026
VALID 12Z TUE MAR 24 2026 - 12Z THU MAR 26 2026
...RECORD-BREAKING HEAT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE PLAINS AND
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR THE MID-MISSISSIPPI
AND OHIO VALLEYS ON THURSDAY...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON AN UPWARD TREND ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST AND CENTRAL U.S. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS ANOTHER
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVE DEVELOPS. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING WELL
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY, TO THE PLAINS
ON WEDNESDAY, AND TO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THURSDAY. HEAT
IS EXPECTED TO PEAK IN INTENSITY ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES
REACH 25-35 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. NUMEROUS
TEMPERATURE RECORDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE TIED OR BROKEN.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
MID-TO-LATE THIS WEEK AS IT MAKES ITS WAY SOUTH ACROSS THE NATION.
THIS SYSTEM WILL ORIGINATE FROM A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
WILL MOVE ONSHORE IN THE NORTHWEST TODAY. THE ENERGY FROM THIS
SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND DRIVE A COLD
FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. LATER THIS WEEK.
THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PRECIPITATION CHANCES, INCLUDING
THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND/OR MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE OHIO VALLEY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL
ARRIVE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FRONT, WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
FALL TO 10-15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.
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