Short Term and Intermediate-Term Weather Outlooks for the U.S. and a Six-Day Forecast for the World: posted September 22, 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 six-day World weather outlook.
We start with the U.S. Information. You can update this section here but these are 48 to 72-hour forecasts so if I have not been able to update this area twice daily, what is shown is still valid and the images in the body of the article update automatically but sometimes they are a bit slow to update.
Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
400 PM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023
Valid 00Z Sat Sep 23 2023 – 00Z Mon Sep 25 2023…Tropical Storm Ophelia is forecast to make landfall over eastern North
Carolina early on Saturday, bringing squally heavy rain, threat of flash
flooding farther inland, and storm surge to coastal communities up the
Mid-Atlantic states……Bouts of strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to impact portions
of the central U.S., including chances for excessive rainfall……Summer heat continues across portions of the southern Plains, while
much cooler temperatures begin to moderate throughout the Intermountain
West and northern Rockies…