Weather Prediction Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Short Range Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
332 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Valid 00Z Tue May 19 2026 - 00Z Thu May 21 2026

...Severe weather and flash flooding threats continue across the Central
Plains and Midwest into tonight before shifting south and eastward through
midweek...

...Extreme fire weather concerns across the southern High Plains through
this evening...

...Heavy wet snow continues across the Central Rockies before tapering off
tonight...

...An early-season heatwave will challenge temperature records across the
eastern U.S. through Wednesday...


A strengthening frontal system will be the focus for another round of
severe weather and flash flooding across the Central Plains and Midwest
into tonight. Rich moisture streaming northward from the Gulf will
interact with a wavy, slow-moving cold front draped from the Upper Midwest
to the southern Plains, triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon and evening. This activity will be bolstered by an extremely
unstable air mass, setting the stage for thunderstorms to become strong to
severe. The greatest threat for severe storms will be across the Central
Plains and the mid/southern Missouri Valley where the Storm Prediction
Center has maintained a Moderate Risk (level 4/5) of severe weather. The
most intense storms will be capable of producing damaging winds, very
large hail, and a few potentially strong tornadoes. In addition to the
severe threat, there is also a heightened risk of heavy rain and flash
flooding, especially across parts of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Slow-moving clusters of storms will produce numerous downpours with
rainfall rates of 1-3"/hr. These drenching storms will likely repeatedly
track over the same areas, leading to an increased risk of flash flooding.
As a result, the Weather Prediction Center continues to highlight a
Moderate Risk (level 3/4) of excessive rainfall through tonight. The
frontal system begins to pick up speed as it pushes eastward, shifting the
severe weather and heavy rainfall threat to the Southern Plains, Ohio
Valley, and Mid-Atlantic Tuesday into Wednesday.

Meanwhile, a late season winter storm continues to bring heavy mountain
snow to the Central Rockies this afternoon. Snow will continue through
this evening before gradually tapering off tonight. Several inches of
heavy wet snow accumulation will be measured once snow comes to an end.
Unseasonably cold air will follow in the wake of the storm, leading to
frost and freeze concerns from the Intermountain West to the northern High
Plains tonight into early Wednesday morning.

On the hotter and drier flank of this dynamic and multifaceted storm
system, the concern shifts to extremely critical fire weather conditions
across portions of the southern High Plains this afternoon and evening.
Strong gusty winds combined with susceptible fuels and relative humidity
values in the single digits and teens will support the ignition and
extremely rapid spread of new and ongoing wildfires. These critical
conditions could become exacerbated when a cold front sweeps southward and
rapidly shifts surface winds from westerly to northerly later this
afternoon and evening.

With snow, severe, and fire weather in full swing across the Rockies into
the Plains, the Eastern U.S. is entering an early-season heatwave. A
Bermuda high pressure system will remain anchored over the western
Atlantic, steering a long fetch of warm, southerly flow across the eastern
half of the country. High temperatures will soar well into the 80s and 90s
the next few days, challenging high temperature records across parts of
the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. Widespread moderate to major
HeatRisk is forecast, highlighting the season's first extended period of
potentially hazardous heat for millions across the Eastern U.S.


Miller


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Extended Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
135 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Valid 12Z Thu May 21 2026 - 12Z Mon May 25 2026


***Multiple rounds of heavy rain and severe storms expected for the
southern Plains, and early season heatwave ends for the East
Coast states***

...General Overview...

A moderately amplified upper level pattern over the country during
the middle of the week is expected to become more quasi-zonal by
next weekend, as the trough lifts out from the Rockies and the
northern Plains, and the eastern U.S. ridge gets flattened with a
return to more typical temperatures for the month of May, with
relief from the early season heat wave. A stalling frontal boundary
with shortwave impulses aloft will fuel the development of multiple
thunderstorm complexes from Texas to the Deep South, with episodes
of heavy rainfall and strong/severe storms. Mainly dry conditions
are expected for most of the western U.S.


...Guidance/Predictability Assessment...

Overall model agreement continues for the large scale features of
the quasi-stationary flow through much of CONUS and a trough over
western U.S. through the first portion of the period. Models begin
to diverge towards the weekend in regard to the shortwave features
along the south-southwest, especially with CMC where the trough
over the southwest is slower compared to the GFS and ECMWF. In
addition, the GFS begin to show amplitude differences towards
Sunday. The ensemble means seem to smooth some of these
differences, but the GEFS continues as an outlier in regard to
features over the West early next week. ECMWF shows a trough
entering the West Coast by Monday, while the GFS and CMC shows
slower solutions in terms of timing. Therefore, the WPC forecast
encompassed a blend of the CMC/GFS/ECMWF/UKMET/EC- AIFS for the
first portion of the period, while incorporating the ensemble
means for the remainder of the timeframe.


...Weather/Hazards Highlights...

Heavy rainfall is expected to make weather headlines going into the
latter half of the work week from central Texas to the Tennessee
River Valley. The highest QPF should be across east-central Texas
where multiple mesoscale convective systems will develop and affect
the same areas on multiple days. For the Day 4/Thursday ERO, a
Slight Risk will remain valid from near San Antonio to northeast
Texas where 1-3 inches of rainfall is likely with storms producing
high rainfall rates. This lingers going into Friday as well with a
broad Marginal Risk for the Day 5/Friday ERO, extending from the
Rio Grande to Ohio, with possible upgrades to Slight Risk in future
outlooks as timing and placement become clearer.

Elsewhere across the country, lighter precipitation is expected
farther to the east across the Carolinas into Virginia with
overrunning flow north of the frontal boundary. There should also
be corridors of moderate rainfall across portions of the
central/northern Plains to the Midwest states through Friday. The
potential exists for this region to see an upward trend in rainfall
totals in future forecasts. Mountain snow across the northern
Rockies on Thursday should abate in intensity before a drier
weather pattern ensues by Friday.

In terms of temperatures, a welcomed relief from the heat wave
across the eastern U.S. is expected to arrive on Thursday as a
strong cold front reaches the Mid-Atlantic, and then drops south
across North Carolina going into Friday before stalling. A cold
air damming type event will likely become established east of the
Appalachians with overcast skies and periods of mainly light rain
at times, and warm and humid conditions continuing south of the
boundary. Elsewhere, relatively cool conditions across the
central/northern Plains are expected to gradually warm through the
forecast period.

Oudit/Hamrick


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Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
351 AM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Valid 00Z Tue 19 May 2026 - 00Z Tue 26 May 2026

Early in the forecast period, the broad and relatively flat
mid/upper level trough will linger, maintaining modest mid- level
instability. This combined with the slightly veered
(Southeasterly) low-level flow will maintain higher PWAT values
(1.5 to 2.0") through early Wed. As a result PoPs will remain
elevated (generally 50-70%) Tue through early Wed across
windward slopes. Later Wed afternoon, diurnal activity will
become more infrequent and isolated as high pressure builds in
from the north and surface winds back towards the more typical
E-NE trade wind pattern.

The stable and persistent E-NE trades will remain locked in Thu
through early next week, as the broad 1032+ mb surface high
centered well N-NE of the islands will maintain moderate to
locally strong trades (15-25 mph with higher gusts). Deep-
tropospheric stability and seasonably drier airmass (PWAT values
near 1.0-1.2") will persist as well, maintaining PoPs near
climatological norms with the highly-predictable spatial and
diurnal distribution of fast-moving trade showers. PoPs will range
from 30-50% over windward slopes and generally less than 15%
across leeward areas.

Hurley

Excessive Rainfall Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
823 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026
Day 1
Valid 01Z Tue May 19 2026 - 12Z Tue May 19 2026

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF
MISSOURI, IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS...

01Z Update...

The overall setup for a significant round of rainfall is still very
much in-tact with the current radar/sat composite indicating a
large complex of thunderstorms growing upscale across the Central
Plains with a modest forward propagation to the east-northeast
under the guide of mean southwesterly flow aloft. A strong mid-
level shortwave trough is analyzed over the KS/NE border with a
broad axis of diffluent flow oriented over the Southern Plains to
mid-Mississippi Valley providing sufficient large scale forcing and
favorable upper dynamics to help ignite the current convective
posture. Quasi-stationary front is analyzed over central KS up
through far southeastern NE into IA with two lows situated within
the front; one located over northeast KS and the other still
positioned back into the High Plains of northeast NM. The coupling
of large scale ascent and a broad axis of prevalent deep layer
moisture imposed along and ahead of the front will aid in the
convective regime maintaining itself overnight with rainfall rates
embedded in the expected QLCS to reach between 1-3"/hr at peak
intensities. Budding 40-50kt LLJ will become oriented a bit more
parallel to the front as we move through the evening allowing for
low-level flow to become favorable for back-building and/or
training convective pulses across portions of KS into western MO.
This signal is prevalent in pretty much all the CAMs leading to a
strong neighborhood probability for >3" (40-70%) located across a
corridor extending from Wichita Falls, KS and points northeast
into northwestern MO, including the Kansas City Metro. The
Missouri River basin and surrounds continues to be the focal point
for the heaviest precip opportunities which would be the second or
even third day of impact for some of these locales. Local FFG's
have fallen considerably as a result leading to a heightened risk
of flash flooding which allowed for a general maintenance of the
inherited MDT risk.

Further southeast, remnant outflow boundary positioned just north
of the MO Ozarks extending into the western Ohio River basin near
IL/KY/IN continues to be a focal point for convection this evening
with training causing a myriad of hydrologic issues for places
along the boundary. Additional 1-2" will be possible for the
initial few hours of the 01z update before finally dissipating
overnight, however the eastern expanse of the convective
development and evolution tonight will still extend eastward into
the Mississippi River area of eastern MO into IL. This will leave
the door open for additional flash flood concerns given the greater
sensitivity posed by the recent rainfall. SLGT risk still extends
into these above areas as a result.

Kleebauer


Day 1 threat area: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/94epoints.txt

Excessive Rainfall Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
823 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026
Day 2
Valid 12Z Tue May 19 2026 - 12Z Wed May 20 2026

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY...

The main changes to the overnight forecast include a broadening of
the Marginal Risk, and introduction of embedded Slight Risk areas
over the Texas Hill Country and Ohio Valley. A relatively stagnant
synoptic pattern will continue through Day 2 as a positively
tilted mean trough slowly evolves over the Western U.S. This
configuration should maintain modest southwest flow over the
Central/Eastern U.S. to support a corridor of heavy rainfall ahead
of a northeast to southwest oriented cold front.

Toward the beginning of Day 2, thunderstorms are expected to
develop along the cold front as it enters the Southern Plains and
interacts with a moist and unstable airmass characterized by
2000-3000 J/kg and 1.6-1.8" PW. Fairly weak and unidirectional
cloud layer wind profiles atop a lingering 20-30 kt nocturnal low-
level jet suggest this convection along the front will have a
tendency to train before propagating southward with the initiating
boundary. The HREF and RRFS suggest hourly rainfall rates will
eclipse 2"/hr at times in the main axis of convection, which should
initially support isolated flash flooding during the day. The
greatest concern for excessive rainfall, however, will materialize
late tomorrow afternoon as the cold front enters the Texas Hill
Country and bisects a well-defined dryline. The resultant east-
west axis of thunderstorms will eventually grow upscale and train
within the very unstable and modestly sheared airmass. From late
Tuesday into early Wednesday, the HREF and RRFS are in good
agreement for increasing probabilities of 2-3"/hr rainfall rates,
which could lead to rainfall totals upwards of 3-5" by Wednesday
morning. When combined with the sensitive nature of the Hill
Country and urban areas in the Texas Triangle, a Slight Risk was
introduced in this update.


Otherwise, a separate Slight Risk area was introduced over portions
of the Ohio Valley as thunderstorms develop along the slow moving
front tomorrow afternoon. While weak height rises forecast in the
vicinity of the front could limit thunderstorm coverage somewhat,
forecast soundings featuring moist vertical profiles (1.8-2.0" PW),
3000-4000 J/kg of MUCAPE, and unidirectional flow suggest the
storms that develop should be quite efficient and slow to propagate
in the new Slight Risk area. This scenario is supported by the
HREF and RRFS, which depict increasing chances of hourly rainfall
rates eclipsing 2-3"/hr by late tomorrow afternoon. As this
activity overlaps with ongoing heavy rainfall in the region,
scattered flash flooding could result.

Asherman


Day 2 threat area: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/98epoints.txt

Excessive Rainfall Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
823 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026
Day 3
Valid 12Z Wed May 20 2026 - 12Z Thu May 21 2026

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS
PLATEAU...

The Day 3 excessive rainfall risk is really just a translation
slightly southward of the Day 2 risk area due to a slowly evolving
synoptic pattern.

A large positively tilted trough positioned across the
Intermountain West and back into the Great Basin will gradually
amplify but maintain its NE to SW orientation. Gradually pinching
mid-level flow will help funnel additional moisture northeast from
the Pacific across the Southern Plains and into the Ohio
Valley/Central Appalachians. Within this flow, subtle shortwave
impulses lifting through the flow will help enhance ascent, aiding
low-level convergence along a nearly stalled front draped from Ohio
through Texas. At the same time, locally backing low-level flow
from the south at 850mb will converge into the front, producing
impressive moisture convergence along the front in a region of PWs
that are progged to be 1.5 to 1.75 inches. Although inflow may be
somewhat modest (850mb winds around 20 kts), this will be
sufficient within the moist column to provide plentiful advection
to support widespread convection with rainfall rates above 1"/hr
nearly certain.

Although there continues to be uncertainty into the exact
placement of the heaviest rainfall due to prior-day convection
which will cause wavering of the surface boundary, 0-6km mean winds
becoming increasingly boundary-parallel will support training of
these rainfall rates, and the SREF/ECENS/GEFS all suggest at least
a low-end risk (5-10%) of 3"/24 hrs around the updated SLGT risk
region. While this in itself may not force widespread FFG
exceedance, much of this rainfall D3 will fall atop areas that are
expected to receive significant rainfall as well D2, so the SLGT
risk was drawn to account for compounding impacts potential over
already vulnerable terrain features.

Farther northeast, the MRGL risk was cosmetically adjusted for new
guidance as convection with heavy rainfall will likely repeat from
SW to NE along the front as it slowly sags southward through the
Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys.

Weiss

Day 3 threat area: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/99epoints.txt

Extended Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
135 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026


Heavy rainfall is expected to make weather headlines going into the
latter half of the work week from central Texas to the Tennessee
River Valley. The highest QPF should be across east-central Texas
where multiple mesoscale convective systems will develop and affect
the same areas on multiple days. For the Day 4/Thursday ERO, a
Slight Risk will remain valid from near San Antonio to northeast
Texas where 1-3 inches of rainfall is likely with storms producing
high rainfall rates. This lingers going into Friday as well with a
broad Marginal Risk for the Day 5/Friday ERO, extending from the
Rio Grande to Ohio, with possible upgrades to Slight Risk in future
outlooks as timing and placement become clearer.

Elsewhere across the country, lighter precipitation is expected
farther to the east across the Carolinas into Virginia with
overrunning flow north of the frontal boundary. There should also
be corridors of moderate rainfall across portions of the
central/northern Plains to the Midwest states through Friday. The
potential exists for this region to see an upward trend in rainfall
totals in future forecasts. Mountain snow across the northern
Rockies on Thursday should abate in intensity before a drier
weather pattern ensues by Friday.

In terms of temperatures, a welcomed relief from the heat wave
across the eastern U.S. is expected to arrive on Thursday as a
strong cold front reaches the Mid-Atlantic, and then drops south
across North Carolina going into Friday before stalling. A cold
air damming type event will likely become established east of the
Appalachians with overcast skies and periods of mainly light rain
at times, and warm and humid conditions continuing south of the
boundary. Elsewhere, relatively cool conditions across the
central/northern Plains are expected to gradually warm through the
forecast period.

Oudit/Hamrick

Extended Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
135 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026


Heavy rainfall is expected to make weather headlines going into the
latter half of the work week from central Texas to the Tennessee
River Valley. The highest QPF should be across east-central Texas
where multiple mesoscale convective systems will develop and affect
the same areas on multiple days. For the Day 4/Thursday ERO, a
Slight Risk will remain valid from near San Antonio to northeast
Texas where 1-3 inches of rainfall is likely with storms producing
high rainfall rates. This lingers going into Friday as well with a
broad Marginal Risk for the Day 5/Friday ERO, extending from the
Rio Grande to Ohio, with possible upgrades to Slight Risk in future
outlooks as timing and placement become clearer.

Elsewhere across the country, lighter precipitation is expected
farther to the east across the Carolinas into Virginia with
overrunning flow north of the frontal boundary. There should also
be corridors of moderate rainfall across portions of the
central/northern Plains to the Midwest states through Friday. The
potential exists for this region to see an upward trend in rainfall
totals in future forecasts. Mountain snow across the northern
Rockies on Thursday should abate in intensity before a drier
weather pattern ensues by Friday.

In terms of temperatures, a welcomed relief from the heat wave
across the eastern U.S. is expected to arrive on Thursday as a
strong cold front reaches the Mid-Atlantic, and then drops south
across North Carolina going into Friday before stalling. A cold
air damming type event will likely become established east of the
Appalachians with overcast skies and periods of mainly light rain
at times, and warm and humid conditions continuing south of the
boundary. Elsewhere, relatively cool conditions across the
central/northern Plains are expected to gradually warm through the
forecast period.

Oudit/Hamrick

Probabilistic Heavy Snow and Icing Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
154 PM EDT Wed May 6 2026

Valid 00Z Thu May 07 2026 - 00Z Sun May 10 2026

...WPC Winter Weather Desk no longer routinely staffed until
late September, 2026...

Pending any significant winter weather, the WPC Winter Weather Desk
will not be staffed through the summer. The desk will resume
continuous staffing starting in the fall.

The WPC winter products will continue to be produced, however, and
all products except the heavy snow discussion (HSD) will be
available. This includes the Winter Storm Outlook (WSO), Winter
Storm Severity Index (WSSI), and Probabilistic Winter Precipitation
Forecasts (PWPF).


WPC

Extended Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
135 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

Valid 12Z Thu May 21 2026 - 12Z Mon May 25 2026


***Multiple rounds of heavy rain and severe storms expected for the
southern Plains, and early season heatwave ends for the East
Coast states***

...General Overview...

A moderately amplified upper level pattern over the country during
the middle of the week is expected to become more quasi-zonal by
next weekend, as the trough lifts out from the Rockies and the
northern Plains, and the eastern U.S. ridge gets flattened with a
return to more typical temperatures for the month of May, with
relief from the early season heat wave. A stalling frontal boundary
with shortwave impulses aloft will fuel the development of multiple
thunderstorm complexes from Texas to the Deep South, with episodes
of heavy rainfall and strong/severe storms. Mainly dry conditions
are expected for most of the western U.S.


...Guidance/Predictability Assessment...

Overall model agreement continues for the large scale features of
the quasi-stationary flow through much of CONUS and a trough over
western U.S. through the first portion of the period. Models begin
to diverge towards the weekend in regard to the shortwave features
along the south-southwest, especially with CMC where the trough
over the southwest is slower compared to the GFS and ECMWF. In
addition, the GFS begin to show amplitude differences towards
Sunday. The ensemble means seem to smooth some of these
differences, but the GEFS continues as an outlier in regard to
features over the West early next week. ECMWF shows a trough
entering the West Coast by Monday, while the GFS and CMC shows
slower solutions in terms of timing. Therefore, the WPC forecast
encompassed a blend of the CMC/GFS/ECMWF/UKMET/EC- AIFS for the
first portion of the period, while incorporating the ensemble
means for the remainder of the timeframe.


...Weather/Hazards Highlights...

Heavy rainfall is expected to make weather headlines going into the
latter half of the work week from central Texas to the Tennessee
River Valley. The highest QPF should be across east-central Texas
where multiple mesoscale convective systems will develop and affect
the same areas on multiple days. For the Day 4/Thursday ERO, a
Slight Risk will remain valid from near San Antonio to northeast
Texas where 1-3 inches of rainfall is likely with storms producing
high rainfall rates. This lingers going into Friday as well with a
broad Marginal Risk for the Day 5/Friday ERO, extending from the
Rio Grande to Ohio, with possible upgrades to Slight Risk in future
outlooks as timing and placement become clearer.

Elsewhere across the country, lighter precipitation is expected
farther to the east across the Carolinas into Virginia with
overrunning flow north of the frontal boundary. There should also
be corridors of moderate rainfall across portions of the
central/northern Plains to the Midwest states through Friday. The
potential exists for this region to see an upward trend in rainfall
totals in future forecasts. Mountain snow across the northern
Rockies on Thursday should abate in intensity before a drier
weather pattern ensues by Friday.

In terms of temperatures, a welcomed relief from the heat wave
across the eastern U.S. is expected to arrive on Thursday as a
strong cold front reaches the Mid-Atlantic, and then drops south
across North Carolina going into Friday before stalling. A cold
air damming type event will likely become established east of the
Appalachians with overcast skies and periods of mainly light rain
at times, and warm and humid conditions continuing south of the
boundary. Elsewhere, relatively cool conditions across the
central/northern Plains are expected to gradually warm through the
forecast period.

Oudit/Hamrick


Additional 3-7 Day Hazard information can be found on the WPC
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