This article focuses on what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term U.S. outlooks and a six-day World weather outlook which can be very useful for travelers.
First the NWS Short Range Forecast. The afternoon NWS text update can be found here but it is unlikely to have changed very much. The images in this article automatically update.
Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
Thu May 09 2024
Valid 12Z Thu May 09 2024 – 12Z Sat May 11 2024…There is an Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the
Southern Plains/Lower Mississippi Valley and the Tennessee
Valley/Southeast on Thursday……There is a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southern
Plains/Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, Southern Appalachians,
and Southeast on Thursday……Heavy snow over the higher elevations of the Central Rockies on
Thursday…On Thursday, a front extending from the Mid-Atlantic westward to the Ohio
Valley and then southwestward to the Southern High Plains will move
eastward off most of the Mid-Atlantic Coast by Friday evening, lingering
over Florida on Saturday.As the southern half of the boundary moves across the Lower Mississippi
Valley into the Southeast on Friday, it will produce showers and severe
thunderstorms over parts of eastern Texas, Louisiana, central Mississippi,
Southern Alabama, and southern Georgia. The SPC has issued an Enhanced
Risk (level 3/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Southern
Plains/Lower Mississippi Valley and the Tennessee Valley/Southeast through
Friday morning. The potential hazards associated with these thunderstorms
are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a few
tornadoes. There will be the added threat of severe thunderstorm wind
gusts of 65 knots or greater over parts of the Southern Plains to the
Southeast. Moreover, there will be an additional threat of hail two inches
or greater over parts of the Southern Plains.Furthermore, the showers and thunderstorms will cause heavy rain to
develop over parts of eastern Texas, northern Louisiana, central
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, far eastern Tennessee, western North
Carolina, and western South Carolina. Therefore, the WPC has issued a
Slight Risk (level 2/4) of excessive rainfall over the Southern
Plains/Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, Southern Appalachians,
and Southeast through Friday morning. The associated heavy rain will
create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads,
small streams, and low-lying areas the most vulnerable. Additionally,
showers and severe thunderstorms will develop over parts of the
Mid-Atlantic on Thursday. Moreover, showers and thunderstorms will develop
over parts of the Central Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley. In
addition, moderate to heavy rain will also develop over parts of the
Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley, and Middle Mississippi Valley.On Friday, the remainder of the front will move off most of the Atlantic
Coast, while parts of the boundary will linger over Florida on Saturday.
The system will produce showers and severe thunderstorms over parts of
southern Georgia, extreme southeastern South Carolina, and northeastern
Florida. Therefore, the SPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severe
thunderstorms over parts of the Southeast from Friday into Saturday
morning. The hazards associated with these thunderstorms are frequent
lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a few tornadoes.Moreover, some of the showers and thunderstorms will produce moderate to
heavy rain over parts of southern Georgia, extreme southeastern South
Carolina, and northern Florida. Therefore, the WPC has issued a Marginal
Risk (level 1/4) of excessive rainfall over parts of the Central Gulf
Coast/Southeast from Friday into Saturday morning. The associated heavy
rain will create localized areas of flash flooding, affecting areas that
experience rapid runoff with heavy rain.Meanwhile, upper-level energy over the Southwest to the Middle Mississippi
Valley will produce rain and higher-elevation snow over parts of the
Northern/Central Rockies from Thursday to Saturday morning. On Thursday,
the system will produce heavy snow over parts of the Central Rockies.Moreover, overnight Thursday, a weak front moving out of Central Canada
will move into the Upper Mississippi Valley by Friday morning and then
advance eastward to the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley by Saturday. The system
will produce showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Upper Mississippi
Valley Friday afternoon into evening. Overnight Friday, the showers and
thunderstorms move into parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
Elsewhere, showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the Great
Basin/Southwest and Southern Rockies/Southern High Plains on overnight
Friday. Also, rain will develop over parts of the Northeast and northern
Mid-Atlantic.
To get your local forecast plus active alerts and warnings click HERE and enter your city, state or zip code.
Learn about wave patterns HERE.
Then, looking at the world and of course, the U.S. shows here also. Today we are looking at precipitation.
Please click on “Read More” below to access the full Daily Report issued today.
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Now more detail on the 48-Hour Forecast (It is a 48 to 72 Hour Forecast actually)
Daily weather maps. The Day 1 map updates twice a day and the Day 2 and 3 maps update only once a day. These maps update automatically. But if that does not happen, you can get updates by clicking HERE
TODAY (or late in the day the evening/overnight map will appear) (Key to surface fronts shown on maps and you will then also be able to insert a city name or zip code and get a local NWS forecast).
TOMORROW
NEXT DAY
We have a new animation of the forecast which shows how things may play out over the next 60 hours. To update click ANIMATION. Doing so will get you to the dashboard. You can then step through the animation or hit LOOP on the upper right of the display. You will have to hit the back arrow ← at the top left on your computer to get back into this article. It is a little more trouble than before but I think NOAA scrapped the animation routine I was using so we have to keep up with “progress”.
The NWS Climate Prediction Center’s: Watches, Warnings, and Advisories plus other information can be found HERE. That takes you to the NWC Severe Weather Site. From there you can select among many categories of information. Remember to hit the back arrow ← at the top left of your screen to return to this article.
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS
This tells us what is approaching the West Coast. Click HERE to update If I have not gotten around to doing the update. Here is some useful information about Atmospheric Rivers.
Below is the current five-day cumulative forecast of precipitation (Updates can be found HERE)
Ski SnowReports
New Feature – Ski Reports. It is difficult to find reports that auto-update on-screen (and they are very long) but these links will get you to them – If you have additional suggestions make them in the comments section after every Econcurrents Article and we may add those links. We will try to not have too much overlap as that can add to the confusion.
Snow Forecasts. And remember this shows natural snow. Ski resorts also make their own snow.
Day 1
Day 2
Additional snow information can be found here, here, here, and here. The second link provides animations.
Now we look at Intermediate-Term “Outlook” maps for three time periods. Days 6 – 10, Days 8 – 14, and Weeks 3 and 4. An outlook differs from a forecast based on how NOAA uses these terms in that an “outlook” presents information as deviation from normal and the likelihood of these deviations.
Below are the links to obtain updates and additional information. They are particularly useful if you happen to be reading this article significantly later than when it was published. I always try to provide readers with the source of the information in my articles. These links may also be useful for those viewing this article on a cell phone or other small screen.
| Days 6 – 10 (shown in Row 1) | Days 8 – 14 (Shown in Row 2) | Weeks 3 and 4 (Shown in Row 3 but updates only on Fridays) |
| https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa. gov/products/predictions/610day/ | https://www.cpc.ncep .noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/ | https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/WK34/ |
Showing the actual maps. They should now update automatically. The Week 3 – 4 Outlook only updates on Fridays. So below is what I call the Intermediate-term outlook. On Fridays, it extends out 28 Days. That declines day by day so on Thursday it only looks out 22 days until the next day when the Week 3 – 4 Outlook is updated and this extends the outlook by one additional week.
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HAZARDS OUTLOOKS
Click here for the latest complete Day 3 -7 Hazards forecast which updates only on weekdays. Once a week probably Monday or Tuesday I will update the images. I provided the link for readers to get daily updates on weekdays. Use your own judgment to decide if you need to update these images. I update almost all the images Friday Night for the weekend edition of this Weather Report. So normally readers do not need to update these images but if the weather is changing quickly you may want to.
Temperature month to date can be found at https://hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis/MonthTDeptUS.png
Precipitation month to date can be found at https://hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis /MonthPNormUS.png
World Forecast [that website is has been intermittent so be patient]
Below are the Day 1 -3 and 4-6 forecasts for temperature and precipitation. Updates and much additional information can be obtained HERE
World Temperature Anomalies
World Accumulated Precipitation
This information is provided by the University of Maine. They draw upon many different sources. There is a lot of information available at the link provided. I have just provided two useful forecasts. There are probably over a hundred different forecasts available from this source.
Worldwide Tropical Forecast (This is a NOAA Product)
This graphic updates on Tuesdays) If it has not been updated, you can get the update by clicking here Readers will only have to do that if they are reading this article much later than the date of it being published.
Information on Tropical Storms can be found HERE. Western Pacific information can be found HERE. Note that unless there is an out-of-season storm the below images will not update until the National Hurricane Center starts their seasonal update of these maps on June 1. I include them simply because there can be an out-of-season event in which case it should show up in these maps.
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