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FXUS01 KWBC 022005
PMDSPD

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
404 PM EDT Tue Jun 02 2026

Valid 00Z Wed Jun 03 2026 - 00Z Fri Jun 05 2026

...Showers and thunderstorms continue across much of the Plains
with heavy rain and severe weather concerns the next few days...

...A large area of high pressure will keep most of the eastern
half of the country dry through midweek...

...Unseasonable warmth spreads from the Southwest and Upper
Midwest into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast by the end of the
week...

A slow-moving frontal system will keep the threat of showers and
thunderstorms in the forecast across much of the High Plains the
next few days, with concerns for heavy rain and severe weather to
monitor. Gulf moisture spreading northward will interact with
several slow-moving boundaries, leading to the development of
numerous clusters of thunderstorms each afternoon and evening
through mid to late week. Some of these storms will have the
potential to become strong to severe, with damaging winds, large
hail, and a few tornadoes the primary threats. As a result, the
Storm Prediction Center has issued slight risks (level 2/5) across
portions of the northern High Plains and Upper Midwest through
Thursday. Additionally, plenty of moisture in place will also
foster a heavy rain threat, especially across parts of the
northern Plains and southern Plains. Slow-moving storms with heavy
rainfall rates will have the potential to repeatedly track over
the same locations, raising the risk of flash flooding. Thus, the
Weather Prediction Center has issued slight risks (level 2/4) of
excessive rainfall through Wednesday, with poor drainage and
low-lying areas the most vulnerable. A slow-moving boundary along
the Gulf Coast may also result in isolated instances of flash
flooding this afternoon and evening as well.

Meanwhile, a big bubble of high pressure sprawling across much of
the eastern half of the country will lead to mainly dry and
overall pleasant weather through at least midweek. This pattern
will feature partly to mostly sunny skies, fairly low humidity,
and temperatures ranging from the 60s and 70s north to the 70s and
80s south. Nighttime low temperatures will be comfortable too,
bottoming out mostly in the 40s and 50s to near 60.

The unseasonably comfortable weather in the East won't last long
however, as hot and dry weather from the Southwest expands
eastward into the Upper Midwest before reaching the Northeast and
Mid-Atlantic mid to late week. Temperatures across the Southwest
will climb well into the 80s and 90s, with portions of the Desert
Southwest soaring into the low to mid 100s. Highs across the Upper
Midwest will mostly be in the 80s. By Thursday and Friday, highs
in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will rise from the 70s and 80s
into the 80s and 90s, along with a surge in humidity.


Miller


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