666  
FXUS01 KWBC 010743  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
343 AM EDT SAT AUG 01 2026  
 
VALID 12Z SAT AUG 01 2026 - 12Z MON AUG 03 2026  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS ON SATURDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY/TENNESSEE  
VALLEY/SOUTHEAST/GULF COAST AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES/SOUTHERN HIGH  
PLAINS ON SATURDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA ON  
SUNDAY AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC/NEW ENGLAND ON  
MONDAY...  
 
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE SLOWLY  
EASTWARD TO THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY BY MONDAY. SHOWERS AND SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE  
VALLEYS. THEREFORE, THE SPC HAS ISSUED AN AREA OF A SLIGHT RISK  
(LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO  
VALLEY/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN  
ADDITION, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY,  
TENNESSEE VALLEY, SOUTHEAST, AND PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN GULF  
COAST THROUGH SUNDAY 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.  
 
MOREOVER, A NEARBY FRONT AND MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
SOUTHERN ROCKIES/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY  
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 SUNDAY, A BOUNDARY MOVES OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES, PRODUCING  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  
LIKEWISE, 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.  
IN ADDITION, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM PARTS OF  
THE NORTHEAST TO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN GULF COAST. AN AREA  
OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN GULF  
COAST. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF  
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN GULF COAST  
FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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.  
 
BY MONDAY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM THE  
NORTHEAST TO THE GULF COAST, CREATING HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC/NEW ENGLAND. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC/NEW ENGLAND. 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.  
 
ELSEWHERE, A FRONT MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST ON  
SATURDAY WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST  
THAT WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER  
PARTS OF THE REGION ON MONDAY.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
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