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FXUS01 KWBC 140800
PMDSPD

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
359 AM EDT Wed Oct 14 2026

Valid 12Z Wed Oct 14 2026 - 12Z Fri Oct 16 2026

...Heavy rainfall and severe weather continues along slow moving
front in the Southern Plains...

...Strong high pressure brings the first taste of Fall for much of
the Central U.S. later this week...

A consolidating low pressure system will maintain wet and
unsettled weather over the Plains and Lower Ohio Valley, expanding
eastward ahead of strong high pressure Thursday. The main impacts
from this initial system include widespread heavy rainfall and
scattered severe thunderstorms along the front in the Southern
Plains today and tomorrow. Over the next 48 hours,  2-4" of rain
is possible across a wide swath from south-central Kansas to the
Texas Big Bend. Numerous instances of flash flooding could result
as these thunderstorms train over the same areas. On the cold side
of the system, snowfall will continue over the Central Rockies
with upwards of a foot possible in the peaks of the Rockies of
northern Colorado.

Precipitation aside, unseasonable and record breaking warmth will
continue through Thursday over portions of the Southern Plains,
Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic. However, a strong area of high
pressure descending from northern Canada will usher in a sharp
pattern change for much of the Central U.S. later this week.
Temperatures behind the front could fall as much as 20-25 degrees,
and many areas will at least flirt with their first freeze of the
season as overnight lows approach freezing late Friday. 

Asherman

Graphics available at
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php



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