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FXUS01 KWBC 101901
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
VALID 00Z SAT APR 11 2026 - 00Z MON APR 13 2026
..HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IN THE SIERRA NEVADA THIS WEEKEND
...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
AND EASTERN U.S. THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
AN INCREASINGLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL U.S. THIS WEEKEND. A COUPLE OF PACIFIC FRONTAL
SYSTEMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE WEST WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
CHANCES, INCLUDING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS
EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS THE SECOND SYSTEM MOVES ONSHORE IN
CALIFORNIA. SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY REACH 2-4 FEET, WHICH WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S., A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO
STALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, AND
MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT, THEN LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THIS
WEEKEND. BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S., WHICH WILL BRING WARM, MOIST AIR UP FROM THE
GULF AND SUPPORT A WARMING TREND ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
THE NATION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 80S
ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S., ABOUT 15-25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
WITH WARM, MOIST AIR IN PLACE, CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL
U.S. WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST, WITH SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS,
WHERE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUES SLIGHT RISKS (LEVEL
2/5) FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ARE
EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED INSTANCES OF
FLASH FLOODING.
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