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EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
320 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
DAY 1  
VALID 16Z SAT OCT 03 2026 - 12Z SUN OCT 04 2026  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR THE CENTRAL  
GULF COAST, THE LOWER TEXAS COAST, AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  
   
..CENTRAL GULF COAST  
 
16Z UPDATE: LITTLE CHANGE NECESSARY FOR THE SLGT RISK LOCATED  
ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AS THE LATEST 12Z CAMS AND ASSOCIATED  
HREF REMAIN CONFIDENT IN THEIR PRESENTATION OF LOCALLY 4-6+" OF  
RAINFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL  
OCCURRING WITH THE APPROACH OF WEAK WAVE OUT OF THE EASTERN GULF  
LATER THIS EVENING. HREF NEIGHBORHOOD PROBABILITIES FOR >5" REMAIN  
ELEVATED (50-80%) ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN  
MS/AL WITH THE EASTERN EXTENT RIGHT OVER THE FAR WESTERN FL  
PANHANDLE. SOME OF THE DETERMINISTIC OUTPUTS FROM THE CAMS ARE  
QUITE ROBUST WITH 6+ INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN THAT IMMEDIATE COASTAL  
PLAIN THANKS TO THE GREATEST INSTABILITY SOURCE CO-LOCATED WITH THE  
IMMEDIATE GULF WATERS. THE AREA ALONG I-10 BETWEEN BILOXI TO MOBILE  
BAY CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST NOTEWORTHY AREA FOR THE HIGHER PROBS  
FOR >5", A SIGNAL THAT HAS BEEN PREVALENT NOW FOR MULTIPLE RUNS OF  
THE HI-RES GUIDANCE. THIS LENDS CREDENCE TO THE LOCAL THREAT OF  
FLASH FLOODING AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE HIGH-END SLGT RISK  
LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST LA INTO THE WESTERN FL PANHANDLE.  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
..PREVIOUS DISCUSSION..  
 
A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF WILL FUNNEL RECORD TO NEAR  
RECORD AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INTO MUCH OF THE GULF COAST  
ON SATURDAY. A 15-25 KT SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE COAST AT 850 MB  
WILL SUPPORT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE  
WAVE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
PWATS WILL BE AT OR ABOVE 2.5 INCHES FOR MANY AREAS. EXTENSIVE  
CLOUD COVER AND THE OCTOBER SUN SHOULD LIMIT INSTABILITY  
CONSIDERABLY WITH ANY REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM THE COAST. THUS, ANY  
CONVECTION THAT IMPACTS THE COAST IS UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL  
TOO FAR INLAND WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT WEAKENING. THUS, THE SLIGHT  
HIGHLIGHTING MUCH OF THE COAST REMAINS UNCHANGED. A HIGHER-END  
SLIGHT RISK WAS ADDED WITH THIS UPDATE FROM NEW ORLEANS THROUGH  
MUCH OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THEY WERE PRIMARILY  
INCLUDED DUE TO URBAN IMPACTS AND THE SHEER VOLUME OF WATER  
EXPECTED, AS THE COAST CAN EXPECT 3-6 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY, WITH  
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. DESPITE VERY HIGH FFGS AND DRY SOILS IN  
THIS AREA, THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY OVERCOME THAT, ESPECIALLY IN  
URBAN AREAS TO RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED INSTANCES OF FLASH  
FLOODING.  
 
WEGMAN  
   
..LOWER TEXAS COAST  
 
16Z UPDATE: NO CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS SLGT RISK WERE NECESSARY  
WITH THIS FORECAST UPDATE AS THE LATEST HI-RES GUIDANCE CONTINUES  
TO HINT AT ELEVATED CONVECTIVE THREAT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TX COAST  
FROM CRP DOWN TO BRO AND POINTS JUST INLAND. GREATEST SIGNAL  
CONTINUES TO BE WITHIN THAT ZONE WITH THE MAXIMA FOR BOTH RAINFALL  
OUTPUTS AND SUBSEQUENT HREF PROBABILITIES NOTING THE KING RANGE  
AREA BETWEEN THE METRO AREAS AS THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN. A  
PRETTY SOLID HREF EAS SIGNAL FOR AT LEAST 2" EXISTS RIGHT ALONG  
THAT IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREA JUST NORTH OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND,  
CORRELATED WITH THE BEST FRICTIONAL CONVERGENCE REGIME LIKELY  
MATERIALIZING LATER IN THE PERIOD. SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A  
SURFACE TROUGH OFF THE TX COAST INTO THE WESTERN GULF WHICH WOULD  
INDICATE A PREVAILING EASTERLY FLOW MOVING INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN.  
PWATS BETWEEN 2.1-2.3" AND GENERALLY FORMIDABLE LOW TO MID-LEVEL  
INSTABILITY MAX SITUATED ACROSS SOUTH TX SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GARNER  
LOCAL RATES UPWARDS OF 2-3"/HR IN THE STRONGER CELL CORES THAT MOVE  
ASHORE. GIVEN ALL OF THE ABOVE, FELT THIS WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO  
WARRANT A CONTINUATION OF THE SLGT RISK WITH LITTLE DEVIATION FROM  
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST(S).  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
..PREVIOUS DISCUSSION..  
 
THE SLIGHT RISK REMAINS IN PLACE ALONG THE COAST OF DEEP SOUTH  
TEXAS AS WELL. ONSHORE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW OF THE SAME DEEP TROPICAL  
MOISTURE IMPACTING AREAS FURTHER NORTH AND EAST MAY IMPACT SOME  
URBAN AREAS SUCH AS BROWNSVILLE. AS THIS PORTION OF THE LOWER TEXAS  
COAST IS ROUGHLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE MEAN FLOW, EXPECT THE ONSHORE  
PUSH TO ALLOW CONVECTION TO TRY TO MOVE A FEW MILES INLAND BEFORE  
DISSIPATING. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE  
SLIGHT RISK WITH THIS UPDATE.  
 
WEGMAN  
   
..EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA  
 
THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING FRONT AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE  
PRESENCE ACROSS EASTERN NC WILL GENERATE A PERIOD OF ENHANCED LOW-  
LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND HEAVY RAIN PROSPECTS OVER AREAS WEST OF THE  
PAMLICO SOUND, IMPACTING SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE POPULATION  
CENTERS JUST INLAND OF THE COAST. RECENT TRENDS WITHIN THE  
HREF/REFS MEAN QPF AND ASSOCIATED PROBABILITY FIELDS INDICATE  
ENOUGH OF A SIGNAL TO WARRANT A TARGETED SLGT RISK FOR AREAS OF  
EASTERN NC WITH A CENTROID FOCUSED NEAR NEW BERN AND SURROUNDS.  
PWATS BETWEEN THE 90-99TH PERCENTILE CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE EASTERN  
CAROLINA'S AND THIS SETUP IS NO DIFFERENT. ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE  
IN CONVERGENCE BETWEEN 925-700MB BY LATE-AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS  
THE COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH SLOWLY SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE  
VICINITY AND TAPS INTO THE MODEST INSTABILITY POOL RESIDING IN THE  
REGION. LIGHT MEAN WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL KEEP GENERAL STORM  
MOTIONS ON THE SLOWER SIDE WITH A POTENTIAL FOR CELL TRAINING AFTER  
INITIATION, SOMETHING PREVALENT WITHIN THE LATEST CAMS AS MOST OF  
THE GUIDANCE INDICATES THUNDERSTORM GENESIS WITH LITTLE FORWARD  
PROPAGATION OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE. A "BULLSEYE" OF  
>80% PROBABILITIES FOR AT LEAST 3" EXISTS OVER THAT AREA NORTHWEST  
OF THE MOREHEAD CITY TO WILMINGTON, NC LINE BASED OFF BOTH THE 12Z  
HREF AND REFS DEPICTIONS. AFTER FURTHER COORDINATION WITH THE  
LOCAL MHX/RAH/ILM OFFICE, A TARGETED SLGT RISK WAS ADDED OVER THE  
AFOREMENTIONED AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY  
RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3-6" POSSIBLE IN THE  
HARDEST HIT LOCATIONS.  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
 
DAY 2  
VALID 12Z SUN OCT 04 2026 - 12Z MON OCT 05 2026  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF THE  
SOUTHEAST AND LOWER TEXAS COAST...  
   
..SOUTHEAST  
 
20Z UPDATE: CHANGES FOR THE D2 SLGT WERE MINIMAL ACROSS GULF COAST  
AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL  
LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE FL  
PANHANDLE. THE SLGT RISK FURTHER NORTH WAS SCALED BACK, HOWEVER, AS  
THE TRENDS ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE WERE FOR A MORE PROGRESSIVE PUSH  
OF THE COLD FRONT AND WEDGING STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE PIEDMONT OF  
THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA. THIS HAS LED TO THE HEAVIEST  
PRECIPITATION THREAT LOCATED FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE EASTERN  
PERIPHERY OF THE BETTER FORCING AND MOISTURE PUSHING OFFSHORE FOR  
EASTERN NC WHICH WOULD END A MORE APPRECIABLE THREAT.  
 
THE GENERAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED  
ONSHORE FLOW AND FRICTIONAL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN  
WITH AMPLE BUOYANCY AND WELL- ABOVE NORMAL PWATS INTEGRATED ACROSS  
THE SOUTHEAST. COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL SLOWLY PRESS SOUTHWARD  
LEADING TO ENHANCED CONVERGENCE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST WITH  
A MID-LEVEL STEERING PATTERN INFLUENCING THE MOISTURE ADVECTION  
SCHEME WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE LAYER MOVING INLAND AND THEN PIVOTING  
TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN AL, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GA,  
INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF FL. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ON A  
WIDESPREAD 1-3" INLAND OF THE IMMEDIATE COAST, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER  
TOTALS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MEAN QPF DISTRIBUTION, POSITIONED ACROSS  
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GA INTO THE FL PANHANDLE. THE AREA SITUATED  
BETWEEN MOBILE TO TALLAHASSEE CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST PROMINENT  
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH CONVECTIVE THREATS ABOUND FOR MUCH OF  
THE D2 THANKS TO A LINGERING SURFACE WAVE PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE  
GENERAL VICINITY OF THE ABOVE AREA AND MAINTAIN A PROLONGED AXIS OF  
HEAVY RAIN WITHIN THE EASTERN CONFINES OF THE CIRCULATION. HREFPMM  
OUTPUT OF 5-8" REMAINS CONSISTENT FROM THE PREVIOUS RUNS OF THE  
ENSEMBLE, LEAVING A GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE PROSPECTS OF AT LEAST  
SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING WITHIN THAT AREA OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR TO  
JUST INLAND. THE HIGH-END SLGT RISK WAS MAINTAINED AS A RESULT OF  
THE CONTINUITY IN THE EXPECTED EVOLUTION OF THE SYNOPTIC FORECAST  
AND COUPLED RESULTS IN THE PRECIP DISTRIBUTION. A NON-ZERO THREAT  
FOR AN UPGRADE IN THE AREA OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REMAINS, BUT  
AN UPGRADE MAY BE CONTINGENT ON WHAT TRANSPIRES IN THE D1. WE WILL  
BE MONITORING CLOSELY ON THE THREAT AS IT EVOLVES THE NEXT 24HRS.  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
..PREVIOUS DISCUSSION..  
 
THE COMBINATION OF THE CONTINUED FUNNELING OF RECORD TO NEAR-  
RECORD ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FROM A TROPICAL  
WAVE OVER THE GULF, AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR A  
SWATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO EXPAND FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST  
NORTHEAST TO PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINA COAST. PWATS WILL RANGE FROM  
2.25 TO 2.5 INCHES, WHICH WITH GOOD INSTABILITY WOULD BE AMPLE  
MOISTURE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER,  
THE OCTOBER SUN AND EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL INSTEAD LIMIT  
INSTABILITY SIGNIFICANTLY, WITH MOST AREAS STRUGGLING TO REACH EVEN  
1,000 J/KG OF MUCAPE. THUS, THIS IS LIKELY TO END UP BEING A LONG-  
DURATION HIGHLY-EFFICIENT RAINFALL ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.  
 
THE SLIGHT WAS ALSO EXPANDED NORTH A BIT TO INCLUDE THE  
BIRMINGHAM, AL AND ATLANTA METROS. BOTH OF THOSE CITIES WILL BE ON  
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RAINFALL PLUME, SO THERE'S CONSIDERABLE  
UNCERTAINTY GIVEN RECENT SOUTHWARD TRENDS IN THE GUIDANCE AS TO THE  
EXTENT OF ANY FLASH FLOODING. THE URBAN NATURE OF THE AREA WILL BE  
COUNTERED BY WEAK INSTABILITY.  
 
ONCE AGAIN THE HEAVIEST RAINS ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN MANY OF THE SAME  
AREAS HIT HARD ON SATURDAY, WITH PERHAPS A SLIGHT EASTWARD SHIFT  
FROM SATURDAY. AREAS FROM MOBILE, AL EAST ACROSS MOST OF THE  
FLORIDA PANHANDLE ARE LIKELY TO SEE THE MOST RAIN. SINCE THERE IS  
SIGNIFICANT OVERLAP FROM SATURDAY, ANOTHER HIGHER-END SLIGHT WAS  
INTRODUCED FOR THIS REGION. THERE IS A NON-ZERO CHANCE, DEPENDING  
ON HOW EXTENSIVE ANY FLASH FLOODING FROM THE RAINS TODAY ARE, THAT  
A MODERATE RISK UPGRADE MAY BE NEEDED FOR SUNDAY.  
   
..LOWER TEXAS COAST  
 
20Z UPDATE: SLGT RISK WAS MAINTAINED ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH TX  
COASTAL PLAIN WITH THE BEST THREAT LIKELY OVER THE KING RANCH AREA  
DOWN TOWARDS SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AREAS JUST INLAND OF THE COAST.  
HREF NEIGHBORHOOD PROBABILITY FOR >5" REMAINS ELEVATED (50-80%)  
CENTERED OVER KENNEDY AND WILLACY COUNTIES, SNEAKING INTO THE  
NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF CAMERON. THIS AREA CAN TAKE A LOT OF  
RAINFALL OVERALL THANKS TO THE SANDIER SOIL COMPOSITION, HOWEVER,  
THE THREAT FOR 5+ INCHES OF RAINFALL DOES LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR  
SCATTERED FLASH FLOOD PROSPECTS AS WE MONITOR ANY POTENTIAL THE  
HEAVIER RAIN CAN SNEAK INTO THE MORE URBANIZED AREAS CENTERED ALONG  
THE LOWER RGV. A HIGH-END SLGT OR FURTHER UPGRADE MAY BE NECESSARY  
PENDING THE IMPACTS FROM THE PREVIOUS PERIOD OF RAINFALL.  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
 
DAY 3  
VALID 12Z MON OCT 05 2026 - 12Z TUE OCT 06 2026  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE SOUTHEAST AND LOWER TEXAS COAST...  
   
..SOUTHEAST  
 
20Z UPDATE: THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVING TO THE SOUTH  
WITH EYES ON THE GULF COAST INTO FL BY THE D3 PERIOD. PENDING THE  
POSITIONING OF THE BOUNDARY, A SLGT RISK MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF THE FL PANHANDLE AS NOTED VIA SOME OF THE ENSEMBLE  
MEMBERS AND BIAS CORRECTED QPF OUTPUTS. THERE'S DISCREPANCY IN THE  
LATITUDINAL PUSH OF THE COLD FRONT AND THAT WILL BE PLAY A BIG ROLE  
IN THE ALIGNMENT AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. GLOBAL  
DETERMINISTIC OUTPUTS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH SOME MAINTAINING  
A LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC SIGNATURE ON THE PROSPECTS, TO OTHERS  
PUTTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN AREAS OF SOUTHERN GA  
AND NORTHERN FL, OVERLAPPING SOME OF THE EXPECTED AREAS OF IMPACT  
FROM PERIODS PRIOR. THIS TIME FRAME IS SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENTS OF  
THE MRGL RISK IN PLACE, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL UPGRADES PENDING THE  
TRENDS IN GUIDANCE. THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF  
PRODUCING LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, BUT WHERE IT FALLS IN THIS  
AREA OF THE CONUS IS IMPORTANT, SO IT WILL BE A PERIOD TO MONITOR  
FOR ANY ENHANCEMENTS TO THE THREAT.  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
..PREVIOUS DISCUSSION..  
 
VERY FEW CHANGES WERE NEEDED WITH THIS UPDATE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.  
WHILE THE TRENDS IN THE GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A SOUTHWARD  
TREND, GIVEN THE HEAVIER RAINS FROM SUNDAY, THE ERO REMAINS  
GENEROUS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE RAINFALL FOOTPRINT, TO ACCOUNT  
FOR POTENTIAL ONGOING FLOODING CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST  
RAINS ON MONDAY WILL FOCUS IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND FROM  
JACKSONVILLE NORTH AND WEST IN FLORIDA. AS ON PREVIOUS DAYS,  
INSTABILITY WILL BE AT A PREMIUM DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER FROM  
THE EXTREMELY HIGH MOISTURE AMOUNTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. MUCH OF THE  
FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL HAVE PWATS AT OR ABOVE 2.25 INCHES,  
SUPPORTING HIGHLY EFFICIENT WARM RAIN PROCESSES. THIS WILL BE  
COUNTERED BY THE LACK OF INSTABILITY, WHICH WILL LIMIT THE LIFT ANY  
STORMS WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH. BY MONDAY, A SOMEWHAT FASTER  
SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT LIFTING ALL THIS MOISTURE  
SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT OVERLAP IN THE FORECAST RAINFALL  
FOOTPRINTS FROM SUNDAY TO MONDAY. GIVEN HOW DIFFICULT MOST OF  
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CAN BE TO FLOOD DUE TO FLAT, SANDY TERRAIN AND  
NUMEROUS SWAMPS, A HIGH-END MARGINAL REMAINS IN PLACE.  
 
A CONTINUED SOUTHWARD TREND IN THE FRONT COULD ALLOW FOR TRIMMING  
ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE MARGINAL WITH FUTURE UPDATES.  
   
..LOWER TEXAS COAST  
 
20Z UPDATE: NO CHANGES NECESSARY TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AS THE  
EXPECTED SYNOPTIC EVOLUTION REMAINS CONSISTENT IN-OF THE WESTERN  
GULF INTO SOUTH TX. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SUBSIDE INTO  
MONDAY WITH THE THREAT WEAKENING AS WE STEP FORWARD IN THE D3.  
GREAT CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR THE FIRST HALF OF THE D3  
TIME FRAME (MONDAY AM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON), WEAKENING AS WE HEAD  
INTO MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF  
1-3" IS FORECAST OVER THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH TX COASTAL PLAIN  
EXTENDING INLAND TOWARDS AREAS LIKE MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE. THE  
MRGL RISK WAS MAINTAINED AS A RESULT.  
 
KLEEBAUER  
 
 
DAY 4 AND DAY 5  
 
VALID 12Z TUE OCT 06 2026 - 12Z THU OCT 08 2026  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOWARDS MIDWEEK  
IN AND NEAR FLORIDA...  
 
A STATIONARY SURFACE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY  
RAINFALL TUESDAY INTO LATE WEDNESDAY IN AND NEAR FLORIDA. THE AXIS  
OF HIGHEST PWS (2.25-2.5") AND MID- LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL BE  
BE IN THE FRONT'S VICINITY, AS WELL AS INSTABILITY FROM THE NEARBY  
GULF. DEEP WEST/WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL ENHANCED THE RISK FOR  
TRAINING CELLS COMING OFF THE EASTERN GULF ACROSS CENTRAL FL, WHILE  
ANTI- PARALLEL FLOW TO THE FRONT'S NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN FL  
BRINGING IN INSTABILITY FROM THE SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC AND COULD  
LEAD TO VERY HIGH PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY. EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR  
VALUES OVER 20KTS COULD ALLOW FOR SOME DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION.  
HOURLY RAIN AMOUNTS TO 3" WITH LOCAL TOTALS TO 6" ARE POSSIBLE,  
GIVEN THE EXPECTED INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE. DESPITE GREATER  
DISPERSION IN THE GUIDANCE WEDNESDAY WHEN COMPARED TO TUESDAY,  
OPTED TO INCLUDE A MARGINAL RISK DUE TO THE POSSIBLE IMPACT.  
 
ROTH  
 
 
DAY 1 THREAT AREA: HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/94EPOINTS.TXT  
DAY 2 THREAT AREA: HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/98EPOINTS.TXT  
DAY 3 THREAT AREA: HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/99EPOINTS.TXT  
 
 
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