373 FXUS01 KWBC 251157 PMDSPD Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 756 AM EDT Fri Sep 25 2026 Valid 12Z Fri Sep 25 2026 - 12Z Sun Sep 27 2026 ...Strong Nor'easter off the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast will bring coastal flooding, rip currents, strong wind gusts, and heavy rain to the region this weekend... ...There is a Slight Risk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southern High Plains on Friday... ...There is a Slight Risk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southern New England on Saturday and Sunday... An upper-level trough digging into the eastern U.S. will interact with a cool air mass sliding east into the western Atlantic to strengthen a Nor'easter just off the East Coast over the next few days. The cool air will be moistened and lifted by the digging upper trough as a large high pressure system feeds that cool air across the still warm waters of the western Atlantic. The result will be a strong Nor'easter that will bring widespread strong to gale-force winds to much of the East Coast of the U.S. through the next few days. The cyclone center will approach and then stall just off southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic into the weekend. Rain will expand across the region later this afternoon and through Saturday, which may lead to inland flooding. Rain will continue to wrap around the system on Sunday. Additionally, wind gusts in excess of 50 mph are likely, especially along the coast, which could lead to power outages. Moderate to major coastal flooding, high surf, rip currents, and beach erosion are also possible along the coast. Please see the latest WPC Key Messages for this system at wpc.ncep.noaa.gov. Upper-level energy and moisture moving northwestward from the Gulf will produce showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain over parts of the Southern High Plains on Friday. Therefore, the WPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall with these thunderstorms over parts of the Southern High Plains. The associated heavy rain will create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads, small streams, narrow canyons/gullies, and burn scars the most vulnerable. The threat of heavy rain will end on Saturday over this portion of the country. Showers and thunderstorms will continue over parts of the Southern Rockies, Southern High Plains, and Central Plains through early Saturday morning. As moisture continues to stream northward over the Plains, showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the Central/Southern Plains and the Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley on Saturday into Sunday morning. In addition, a front moving over the Pacific Northwest will produce rain with embedded thunderstorms over the Northwest into the Northern Intermountain Region with snow at the highest elevations on Friday. Ziegenfelder/WPC Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php $$