48 Hour Weather Forecast

Updated at 4:30 p.m. Thursday May 4, 2023

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
400 PM EDT Thu May 04 2023

Valid 00Z Fri May 05 2023 – 00Z Sun May 07 2023

…Threat of severe thunderstorms over the southern Plains through tonight
followed by heavy rain and threat of flash flooding across the Tennessee
Valley on Friday…

…Unsettled weather expanding into the Pacific Northwest will promote
snowmelt and flooding across the interior sections while rain and some
thunderstorms expand up the northern Plains…

…Cool afternoons across the western U.S. and the Mid-Atlantic will be
contrasted with highs into the low 90s in the central Plains by Saturday…

Updated at 4:18 p.m. EDT Monday, May 1, 2023

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
345 PM EDT Mon May 01 2023

Valid 00Z Tue May 02 2023 – 00Z Thu May 04 2023

…Heavy snow will persist across Upper Peninsula of Michigan through
early work week…

…Well-below-average temperatures spread from Great Lakes/Midwest into
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday, with snow chances in higher terrain…

…Cool and unsettled weather spreads into the West Coast, with well above
average temperatures continue across the Intermountain West,
northern/central Rockies, and northern High Plains…

Updated at 4:47 p.m. EDT Sunday April 30, 2023

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
347 PM EDT Sun Apr 30 2023

Valid 00Z Mon May 01 2023 – 00Z Wed May 03 2023

…Heavy rainfall and flooding concerns linger across the Northeast into
early Monday morning…

…Significant and long-duration heavy snowfall event expected for the
U.P. of Michigan through Tuesday…

…Cool and unsettled weather spreads into the West Coast, while well
above average temperatures continue across the Intermountain West,
northern/central Rockies, and northern High Plains…

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
344 PM EDT Sat Apr 29 2023

Valid 00Z Sun Apr 30 2023 – 00Z Tue May 02 2023

…Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms possible across the East Coast
through Sunday…

…Locally significant and long-duration snowfall event forecast across
the U.P. of Michigan and northern Wisconsin through early next week…

…Below average temperatures to enter the West Coast and much of the
Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast; while much warmer temperatures
spread throughout the Intermountain West, northern Rockies, and northern
High Plains…

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
348 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

Valid 00Z Sat Apr 29 2023 – 00Z Mon May 01 2023

…Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will lead to increased
heavy rainfall chances across Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast through
Sunday…

…Severe thunderstorms possible in eastern Texas on Friday ahead of
advancing cold front…

…Warm and dry conditions expected this weekend west of the Continental
Divide; Critical Fire Weather over the Southwest Today…

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
357 PM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023

Valid 00Z Fri Apr 28 2023 – 00Z Sun Apr 30 2023

…More rounds of heavy rain and severe weather are expected to impact the
southeastern quadrant of the U.S. through late week …

…Another quick round of wet snow should spread from the northern to
central Rockies through tonight/early Friday…

…A warming trend across the West could break temperature records by
Friday while below average temperatures are forecast for large portions of
the U.S. from the Rockies eastward…

Here is what we are paying attention to in the next 48 to 72 hours. The article also includes weather maps for longer-term outlooks and a five-day World weather forecast.

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
356 PM EDT Wed Apr 26 2023

Valid 00Z Thu Apr 27 2023 – 00Z Sat Apr 29 2023

…Heavy rain and severe weather in the Southern Plains through tonight
should push east Thursday-Friday…

…Severe weather with potentially large hail could occur across the
Florida Peninsula through this evening…

…Heavy wet snow over portions of the Rockies is tapering off, but more
wet snow is expected by Thursday…

…Warming temperatures across the West could break records by Friday
while below average temperatures are forecast for large portions of the
U.S. from the Rockies eastward…

Updated at 7;20 p.m. EDT Tuesday April 25, 2023

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Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
315 PM EDT Tue Apr 25 2023

Valid 00Z Wed Apr 26 2023 – 00Z Fri Apr 28 2023

…Heavy rain, isolated flash flooding and severe weather possible across
portions of the Central/Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley…

…Heavy wet snow expected to develop over the Colorado Rockies and into
portions of the Front Range tonight…

…Below average temperatures for large portions of the nation to the east
of the Rockies, while above average temperatures expand across the West…

…Elevated to Critical Fire weather conditions to persist across the
southern Rockies to southern High Plains; Slight Risk of Severe
Thunderstorms for central Florida…