Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
254 AM EDT Fri Apr 08 2022

Valid 12Z Fri Apr 08 2022 - 12Z Sun Apr 10 2022

...Upper-level low to produce rain and snow showers from the Midwest to
the Northeast this weekend; East Coast and Northwest cool down as central
U.S. warms up...

...Widespread temperature records forecast to be tied or broken in
California today...

...There is a Critical Risk of Fire Weather over portions of the
Central/Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley today...

A massive, slow-moving upper-level low, responsible for unsettled weather
across the eastern third of the country, will begin to weaken as it swings
a few more surface waves through the region this weekend. These surface
lows will produce rain/snow showers over much of the Midwest Great Lakes
and Northeast today. Scattered to isolated thunderstorms are also possible
over the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys beginning this afternoon. Light rain/snow
showers will linger through Sunday when the upper low will have moved out.
Temperatures will drop on the backside of this system, from the Midwest to
Northeast, with highs likely to be 20-25 degrees below average through the
weekend. Flash flooding and severe thunderstorms are not a concern this
weekend.

Meanwhile, another upper low will arrive over the Northwest this weekend.
This system will spread heavy snow over the Cascades and peaks of the
Northern Rockies while focusing light rain and scattered to isolated
thunderstorms over the Pacific Northwest coast and inland areas as well as
the lower elevations of the Northern Rockies. Temperatures are forecast to
fall across the Northwest beginning tonight as the cold front sweeps
through the region.

An upper-level ridge responsible for above average temperatures across the
West over the past few days will last one more day in the region. High
temperatures are expected to be 20-25 degrees above average over much of
California, Nevada and Montana today. Highs in California will be in the
90s today with many places likely to tie or break existing high and low
temperature records.

Kebede


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