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FXUS01 KWBC 242003
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
401 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
VALID 00Z SAT APR 25 2026 - 00Z MON APR 27 2026
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK (LEVEL 3/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND ADJACENT LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
...SNOW FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS,
GREAT BASIN, AND NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES...
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OFF THE
EASTERN SEABOARD BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY FROM THE UPPER/MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE ADJACENT
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN
ENHANCED RISK (LEVEL 3/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND ADJACENT LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW
TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION, THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A MARGINAL
RISK (LEVEL 1/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL
STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE.
ON SATURDAY, SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE,
THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND ADJACENT LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES. MOREOVER, ON
SUNDAY, RAIN WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST, ALONG WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF COAST THAT WILL LINGER OVER
SOUTHERN TEXAS ON SUNDAY EVENING.
MEANWHILE, AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON
FRIDAY WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
LATE-SEASON LIGHT SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES, THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION, AND THE
SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY, AND OVER THE
GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC ON LATE SATURDAY
MORNING WILL PRODUCE RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST ON LATE SATURDAY AND
THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY.
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