Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
400 PM EDT Mon Mar 24 2025

Valid 00Z Tue Mar 25 2025 - 00Z Thu Mar 27 2025

...Significantly above average, warm to hot early Spring temperatures will
expand over the western/central U.S. this week with numerous monthly
record highs possible...

...Wet weather across northwestern Washington state today is expected to
taper off on Tuesday as chances for significant precipitation remain low
across the lower 48 the next couple of days...

A strong upper-level ridge building over the western into central U.S.
will bring an early Spring heat wave this week as significantly above
average temperatures expand in coverage across the region. Already well
above average temperatures on Monday will be even warmer on Tuesday, with
highs generally in the 60s and 70s for the Pacific Northwest/West Coast,
throughout the Intermountain West, and into the northern/central Plains.
Highs across the southern Plains will be in the 80s to low 90s while the
Desert Southwest will see highs soar into the 90s and may even reach 100.
Precipiation chances along the West Coast and into the southern Plains
will bring temperatures down a few degrees on Wednesday as the focus of
well above average highs shifts over the Intermountain West and
northern/central Plains. Numerous record-tying/breaking daily and monthly
highs will be possible Tuesday from Texas west through the Desert
Southwest and northward along the West Coast. Additional
record-tying/breaking highs will be possible in the Desert Southwest and
throughout the Intermountain West Wednesday.  

Much of the country will be rather quiet with regards to significant
precipitation the next couple of days, especially after Monday evening. A
low pressure/frontal system approaching the East Coast will continue to
bring some showers and thunderstorms to the East Coast and Gulf Coast
through this evening, with some additional light snowfall accumulations
further north over portions of Maine into Tuesday morning. Lingering light
rain/snow showers will remain possible over the Great Lakes and interior
Northeast as the parent upper-low spins down. Heavy rainfall and a flood
risk will also wind down along upslope portions of the Olympic Mountains
and northern Cascades in Washington into Monday evening as an Atmospheric
River event comes to an end. Some lower elevation rain showers and higher
elevation snow showers will continue across the Pacific Northwest into the
northern Rockies as a frontal boundary lingers in the region. A clipper
system dropping southeastward through the Midwest into the Ohio Valley and
eastward into the Mid-Atlantic will also bring some light shower chances
the next couple of days, which may mix with a little snow for the Upper
Midwest and higher elevations of the Appalachians. A cluster of shower and
thunderstorms are expected Tuesday night along and north of a frontal
boundary through the Southern Plains, most likely over northern Texas and
southern Oklahoma. Finally, heading into Wednesday, increasing moisture
along the Rio Grande will bring shower and thunderstorm chances into
southern and southwestern Texas, and the next Pacific system approaching
the Pacific Northwest will also bring the return of wet weather to the
region. 

Putnam


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