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FXUS01 KWBC 130759
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
358 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2026
VALID 12Z WED MAY 13 2026 - 12Z FRI MAY 15 2026
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN ON
WEDNESDAY...
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...
...MIXED PRECIPITATION FOR THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION
OVERNIGHT THURSDAY...
A FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD
OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND THE GULF COAST BY THURSDAY. THE
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY AND THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE
BOUNDARY MOVES OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE
LOW LINGERING NEAR THE NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY, BRINGING RAIN TO
THE AREA.
A SECOND FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THEREFORE, THE SPC
HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY,
TO THE SEVERE WEATHER, MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FOR THE
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
ON THURSDAY, THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, PRODUCING SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT
RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A MINIMAL THREAT OF TORNADOES.
MOREOVER, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE
UPPER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
ELSEWHERE, A FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, PRODUCING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
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