Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 315 PM EDT Mon Jul 08 2024 Valid 00Z Tue Jul 09 2024 - 00Z Thu Jul 11 2024 ...Beryl to bring heavy rain and flooding from the Lower Arkansas River Valley, northeast into the Middle Mississippi Valley, Lower Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes... ...Record high temperatures to continue into mid week across large portions of the west coast, while record high minimum temperatures stretch from the Gulf coast, northeast along the East coast... Beryl is expected to move steadily northeastward from eastern Texas Monday afternoon, across Arkansas on Tuesday, into the Lower Ohio Valley Tuesday night and into the Lower Great Lakes on Wednesday. While the wind speeds associated with Beryl will continue to weaken as it moves farther from the Gulf of Mexico, the storm will continue to be a prolific heavy rain producer as it pushes northeastward. Widespread heavy rains are likely along and to the northeast of the path of Beryl over the next two days with rainfall totals of 2-5" from far northeast Texas, across large section of Arkansas, southeast Missouri, central to southern Illinois, Indiana, far northwest Ohio into the southern portions of the L.P. of Michigan. These amounts are on top of the 5 to 10+ inches of rains that fallen along the path of Beryl as it pushed inland earlier Monday along the central Texas Gulf Coast. Flood watches are currently in effect along the path of Beryl from eastern Texas, northeastward into southern Illinois, affecting over 15 million people. No let up expected to the string of record high temperatures being set across large portions of the West coast. The mid to upper level high that has been anchoring the record western record heat is not expected to change much over the next several days, as it remains in place, stretching from Southern California/Desert Southwest, northward through the Great Basin and across the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies. Excessive heat warnings, watches, and heat advisories are currently in effect for nearly all of Washington State, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada and southwest Arizona. Numerous record high temperatures are expected across these areas over the next few days where high temperatures will be anywhere from 10 to as high as 30 degrees above average. In addition to the record high daily temperatures, the early morning lows are also expected to set records across large portions of the West over the next two mornings. Much above average temperatures also likely to remain in place along much of the east over the next few days. While there is not forecast to be many record high temperatures across the East over the next few days, numerous record high minimum temperatures are likely from the eastern Gulf coast, through the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and into southern New England. Heat advisories are currently in effect across large portions of the South, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and southern New England with this likely to continue over the next few days. Oravec Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php