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FXUS01 KWBC 042005
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EDT SAT APR 04 2026
VALID 00Z SUN APR 05 2026 - 00Z TUE APR 07 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
THROUGH TONIGHT AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE
EASTERN U.S. AND THE SOUTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EASTER
WEEKEND...
...RECORD WARMTH IN THE MID-ATLANTIC WILL SOON BE REPLACED BY COLD
AIR SURGING INTO THE PLAINS AS SOME FREEZING RAIN/WINTRY MIX
AFFECTS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN REMAINS IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE
MID-SECTION OF THE COUNTRY THIS EASTER WEEKEND AS THE SECOND OF A
PAIR OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS REACHES PEAK INTENSITY. AS THE
CENTER OF THIS SECOND SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES, THE
MODERATE SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. SOME FREEZING RAIN/WINTRY
MIX IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. MEANWHILE, ACTIVE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL STEADILY
MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE ENTIRE EASTERN U.S. AND THE SOUTH FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE DURING THIS EVENING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY BEFORE COLDER AND DRIER AIR ARRIVES BEHIND THE
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE EAST COAST ON SUNDAY
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT. RECORD WARMTH WELL
INTO THE 80S OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MUCH
COOLER BY MONDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL TAKE EXTRA TIME TO MOVE
THROUGH FLORIDA PENINSULA WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GETTING
MORE ACTIVE ON MONDAY. MEANWHILE, THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
MOVING THROUGH THE GULF COAST ON SUNDAY AND SHOULD HAVE LARGELY
MOVED INTO THE GULF BY MONDAY.
A QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER MUCH OF THE
MAINLAND U.S. BEHIND THE TWIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS, ALTHOUGH THE
PATTERN WILL FAVOR COLD AIR INTRUSIONS FROM CANADA. THE FIRST
SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL BRING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS ON
SUNDAY. A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE
NORTHERN U.S. ON MONDAY BEHIND A CLIPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
SWINGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY, KEEPING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS. RAIN SHOWERS COULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS ON
MONDAY IN PORTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS
CLIPPER.
MEANWHILE, DRY AND MILDER/WARMER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS THE ENTIRE WESTERN U.S. SOME OF THE DRY AND WARM
AIR COULD RAISE SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS.
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