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FXUS01 KWBC 082000
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
359 PM EDT WED APR 08 2026
VALID 00Z THU APR 09 2026 - 00Z SAT APR 11 2026
...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA THROUGH TOMORROW...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE PLAINS AND WESTERN U.S.
BEGINNING THIS EVENING...
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE SOUTHEAST TODAY
OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS, A CLIPPER SYSTEM OVER THE NATION'S
HEARTLAND IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AS
AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY RETREATS INTO THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC. THIS SHIFTING PATTERN SHOULD LEAD TO IMPROVING
CONDITIONS OVER FLORIDA, WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO
THE PLAINS AND WESTERN U.S. LATE TONIGHT. FOR THIS AFTERNOON,
HOWEVER, MUCH OF OUR UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL FOCUS ALONG THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF A STATIONARY FRONT IN THE
FLORIDA STRAITS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING
ARE POSSIBLE FOR URBANIZED AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA (INCLUDING MIAMI AND FORT LAUDERDALE) WHERE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS COULD ECLIPSE 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SAME AREA TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH COVERAGE OF
STORMS SHOULD DECREASE AS EASTERLY FLOW INTO THE PENINSULA
WEAKENS. MEANWHILE, ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
IN THE MIDWEST/PLAINS THIS EVENING AS A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED CLIPPER BEGINS TO STALL OVERHEAD. PER THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER, ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND WIND COULD OCCUR
WITHIN THE STRONGEST CORES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. BY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE WITH THE
UPTICK IN MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF, WHICH WILL SUPPORT
DAILY CHANCES OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER A SIMILAR AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
ALSO INCREASE IN COVERAGE WEST OF THE ROCKIES TOMORROW AND FRIDAY
AS AN OCCLUDED LOW PRESSURE AREA MIGRATES INLAND, ALTHOUGH NO
SEVERE WEATHER OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY AS OF NOW.
OTHERWISE, ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSIST
TODAY AS OUR EXPANSIVE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSISTS WITH DRY AND
WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL/EASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST
SOUTH CAROLINA. MUCH OF CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MOSTLY
5-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND EAST COAST, WHERE 10-15 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY, THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE EAST COAST RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
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