SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
404 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2008
 
VALID 00Z TUE SEP 16 2008 - 12Z WED SEP 17 2008
 
COOLER CONDITIONS WILL SETTLE INTO THE EASTERN STATES AS A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY PUSHES OFFSHORE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  THIS SURFACE HIGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE
NORTHEAST TO THE MIDWEST AND WESTWARD INTO PLAINS AND SOUTH INTO
TEXAS WITH DRY AND PLEASANT WEATHER.  A SURFACE LOW WILL LINGER
ALONG THE FRONT NEAR THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST WITH SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CAROLINAS TO FLORIDA.  

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM CANADA AND BRING A
SURGE OF COOL AIR INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES AREA BY
WEDNESDAY...BUT PRECIPITATION WILL BE MINIMAL WITH THIS FRONT.

WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
NATION AS A STRONG UPPER RIDGE HOLDS OVER THE INTERIOR WEST. 
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL GRADUALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST AS A PACIFIC
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.  

HEDGE

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