Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
248 AM EDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Valid 12Z Wed Oct 15 2025 - 12Z Fri Oct 17 2025

...There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms over parts of the
Northern Plains to the Southern Plains and Upper Great Lakes on Wednesday
and Thursday....

...Heavy snow over parts of the Sierra Mountains on Wednesday and over the
Northern Rockies on Thursday...

On Wednesday, low pressure over the Great Basin moves northeastward into
South-Central Canada by Friday. The associated front moves from the Great
Basin to the Upper Mississippi Valley and Central Plains/Southern High
Plains by the seventeenth, Friday. The system will create rain over parts
of Central California on Wednesday. Meanwhile, rain and higher-elevation
snow will develop over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Great Basin on
Wednesday and the Northern Intermountain Region/the Northern Rockies on
Thursday into Friday.

Moreover, showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the
Central/Southern Rockies on Wednesday into Thursday morning. Further, rain
will also develop over parts of the Northern/Central Plains, the Middle
Mississippi Valley, and the Great Lakes on Wednesday. Rain will continue
on Thursday over the Northern Plains, the Middle Mississippi Valley, and
the Great Lakes. In addition, the weather will remain unsettled over the
Northern Intermountain Region and Northern Rockies on Thursday into
Friday. Additionally, weak onshore flow will help develop rain over the
Pacific Northwest on Thursday afternoon into Friday.


Ziegenfelder


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