US Day 3-7 Hazards Outlook
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
328 PM EDT Mon Apr 29 2019
 
Valid Thursday May 02 2019 - Monday May 06 2019
 
Hazards:
- Heavy rain across portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Southern Plains, Thu-Sat, May 
2-May 4.
- Heavy rain across portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Southern Plains, Mon, May 6.
- Flooding possible across portions of the Plains, the Mississippi Valley,and the Great Lakes.
- Flooding occurring or imminent across portions of the Mississippi Valley, the Northern Plains, 
the Great Lakes, the Northern Great Basin, the Southern Plains, and the Ohio Valley.
 
Detailed Summary:

An roughly east-west front will be across parts of the Plains/Mississippi Valley on Thursday into 
Monday.  Moisture from the Western Gulf of Mexico will stream northward over the Plains/Mississippi 
Valley pooling along the front as the boundary moves southward to the Central Gulf Coast by Sunday. 
 Heavy rain will develop along and near the front from Thursday into Saturday over parts of the 
Southern Plains into parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley.  As the boundary continues to sag 
southward, an area of heavy rain might develop over parts of the Western/Central Gulf Coast on 
Monday.  

Upper-level ridging over the eastern third of the country will aid in producing maximum 
temperatures at or near 12 degrees above average over Central/Southern Virginia on Thursday into 
Friday.  The temperatures will be warm over the region but the area of 12 degrees or higher would 
be very small on the hazards map.  This area will need to be watched to see if the temperatures 
will high enough or over a large enough area to draw an area of much above normal temperatures on 
Thursday and Friday.  

No hazards are forecast over Alaska at this point in time.
  
Ziegenfelder