Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
211 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Valid 00Z Fri Aug 29 2025 - 00Z Sun Aug 31 2025

...Cool weather pattern continues for most areas to then east of the
Rockies, except for South Texas, northern North Dakota and northern
Minnesota...

...Above average temperatures persist across the Pacific Northwest and
northern Great Basin...

...Wet weather likely across much of the Plains and across the Gulf coast
into Florida...

Large portions of the Lower 48 will see below average temperature for the
end of the work week going into the Labor Day weekend.  A stronger than
average mid to upper level low centered over southern QB and extending
south into the Northeast will help deliver a reinforcing shot of cool air
from the Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast over the next
few days.  High temperatures across these regions are expected to be 10 or
more degrees below average. 

A second, broader area of below average temperatures expected to stretch
through nearly all of the Plains and eastward across the Lower Mississippi
Valley and into the Southeast.  This area of below average temperatures is
in association with a wet weather pattern expected across this area over
the next few days.  Precipitation will be focusing in the vicinity of a
nearly stationary frontal boundary across these regions.  Moisture values
are expected to continue to remain much above average in the vicinity of
this front, supporting the potential for areas of heavy rains and
localized flooding.

Warmer than average temperatures to the east of the Rockies will be
confined to South Texas and across areas of northern North Dakota and
northern Minnesota.  Areas across South Texas will remain on the warm side
of the stationary frontal boundary across the Southern Plains, while areas
of North Dakota and northern Minnesota will be away from the active
precipitation pattern and cloud cover expected across the remainder of the
Plains and to the west of the core of the cool air dropping into the Great
Lakes and Northeast.  More widespread above average temperatures will
continue across the Pacific Northwest into the Northern Great Basin. 
While no record high temperatures are forecast for this region over the
next several days, the high temperatures are still expected to be between
6 and 12+ degrees above average. 


Oravec

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