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FXUS01 KWBC 011958
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
357 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 2026
VALID 00Z SAT MAY 02 2026 - 00Z MON MAY 04 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, INCLUDING THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS
AND TORNADOES, EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA AND ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY...
...MUCH BELOW-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZE
CONCERNS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN U.S. THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND...
..RECORD WARMTH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY
THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT BATTERED TEXAS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN EARLY TONIGHT AS
THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY FINALLY SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF,
AIDED BY A BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS
TO THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE A COASTAL LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE
EXISTING STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT WEATHER
FEATURE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH
HELPS NUDGE THE FRONT SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION
SATURDAY, A ROBUST SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM THE GULF WILL FUEL
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA. SOME
STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES,
PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
THIS REGION. THE COASTAL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT
TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE CAROLINAS INTO SATURDAY EVENING,
SPREADING RAIN INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
MEANWHILE, MUCH BELOW-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN LOCKED IN
ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN U.S. WIDESPREAD FROST AND
FREEZE HEADLINES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS AREAS SPANNING THE GREAT
LAKES, THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS, THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST, AND
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL REMAIN AS MUCH AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL AVERAGES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
IN SHARP CONTRAST, ABOVE-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD ACROSS THE WEST. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
SURGE WELL ABOVE NORMAL THIS WEEKEND, WITH RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE HIGH PLAINS AND INTERIOR WEST WILL ALSO SUPPORT ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND WYOMING WHERE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
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