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FXUS01 KWBC 011911
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
310 PM EDT WED APR 01 2026
VALID 00Z THU APR 02 2026 - 00Z SAT APR 04 2026
...VERY ACTIVE SPRING PATTERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MULTIPLE
HAZARDS AFFECTING LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CONUS...
...LATE SEASON HEAVY SNOW AND ICE LIKELY FROM THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE UPPER LAKES THURSDAY, INTO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY/EARLY FRIDAY...
...A SECOND STORM WILL FORM FRIDAY OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WITH ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDS ACROSS THE MID SECTION
OF THE NATION...
...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...
...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO STRETCH FROM THE CENTRAL TO
SOUTHERN PLAINS, EAST ACROSS THE MID TO LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND INTO MUCH OF THE EAST...
A VERY ACTIVE SPRING WEATHER PATTERN WILL DOMINATE LARGE PORTIONS
OF THE CONUS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH MULTIPLE, MULTI-SEASON
HAZARDS STORMS LIKELY. THIS ACTIVE PATTERN WILL BE COMPRISED OF
TWO STRONG STORMS. THE LEAD SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES DURING THURSDAY. ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PLAINS, MOVING INTO
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND WESTERN LAKES REGION THURSDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS, WITH THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER DEPICTING A SLIGHT TO ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER, LEVEL 2 AND 3 OF 5 ACROSS THESE AREAS. PRIOR TO THE
DEEPENING OF THIS LOW, POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING ALONG A WEST TO
EAST ORIENTED FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC.
THE DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE NATION TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WILL ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER WEATHER
COMPONENT. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY FROM FAR NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ACROSS NORTHERN
MINNESOTA, WITH TOTAL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION
TO THE LATE SEASON SNOW, ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM
THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER AREA, ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, MUCH OF
WISCONSIN, INTO THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND ACROSS ALL OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE ALSO LIKELY FROM THIS SYSTEM
TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR NORTHERN MAINE,
WHERE TOTAL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATING ICE
ALSO POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THIS ACROSS NORTHERN TO CENTRAL
MAINE AND INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS LEAD SYSTEM PUSHING INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA
ON FRIDAY, A SECOND STRONG STORM WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE SEASON HEAVY SNOWS
POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA AND
ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING ICE IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SECOND STORM FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
NORTHWEST IOWA, CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, NORTHERN WISCONSIN
AND ACROSS THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST STORM, THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT FROM THE MID TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSOURI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS, WITH THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER DEPICTING A SLIGHT TO ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER, LEVEL 2 AND 3 OF 5 PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO
THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND MID TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
ASIDE FROM AREAS THAT WILL SEE WINTER WEATHER OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS, MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES LIKELY FROM THE
CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO MUCH OF THE EAST. ONLY A FEW
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE REGIONS. HOWEVER,
A LARGER REGION OF RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY MORNINGS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY, ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS, INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC.
ALONG THE WEST COAST, WET WEATHER WITH LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND
HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY FROM
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. TRANQUIL WEATHER
THEN EXPECTED ALONG THE ENTIRE WEST COAST ON FRIDAY, CONTINUING
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
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