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FXUS01 KWBC 050607  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
205 AM EDT SUN APR 05 2026  
 
VALID 12Z SUN APR 05 2026 - 12Z TUE APR 07 2026  
 
...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE FROM NEW ENGLAND INTO LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY...  
 
...COLD AIR SURGING INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY AND WILL MOVE  
EASTWARD BY TUESDAY, BRINGING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...  
 
A SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT  
NORTHEASTWARD ON SUNDAY, WHILE ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL  
CONTINUE TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE COASTLINE  
OF THE NORTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST STATES. MOST OF THE  
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH A PORTION  
OF THE FRONT STALLING OVER FLORIDA, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING  
THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY. IN ADDITION, SOME LINGERING WINTRY MIX  
WILL TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND  
BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD  
BEHIND THE FRONT, BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH  
EASTERN U.S. THE TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER PORTIONS OF THE  
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL PROMOTE SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY, WHICH WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS OVER  
SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO FOR SUNDAY.  
 
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE THE UPPER  
MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL  
BRING CHANCES FOR A WINTRY MIX ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND  
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BRING SOME  
MOISTURE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY,  
WITH CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.  
 
TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF EASTERN U.S. WILL BECOME COOLER BEHIND  
THE COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY, WHILE WESTERN U.S. CONTINUES TO SEE  
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. COLD AIR FROM CENTRAL CANADA WILL  
REINFORCE FURTHER COOLING, BRINGING TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 20S AND  
30S OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST ON MONDAY.  
THESE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY PUSH EASTWARD AS  
THE CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST, LOWER GREAT LAKES,  
AND OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY.  
 
OUDIT  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 

 
 
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