Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 359 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2013 Valid 00Z Thu Sep 26 2013 - 00Z Sat Sep 28 2013 ...There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Northern Plains into the Central/Northern Rockies... ...Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average from the Northern High Plains to the Great Basin and interior Southeastern California... ...Higher elevation snow will develop over parts of the Northern Rockies/Northern Intermountain Region... A storm over the Southeast will slowly move eastward off the Southeast Coast by Friday morning. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along/ahead of the associated front over the Southeast into parts of the Southern/Central Appalachians through early Thursday morning. The showers and thunderstorms will continue over parts of the Southeast on Thursday, slowly moving off the Southeast Coast by Friday morning. Another storm over the Northern Rockies/Plains will produce higher elevation snow over parts of the Northern Rockies/Northern Intermountain Region through Friday. Rain will also develop over parts of the Northern High Plains to parts of the Great Basin through Friday. The associated front will move out of the Rockies onto the Northern/Central Plains by Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop over the Northern High Plains overnight Wednesday moving eastward to the Upper Mississippi Valley by Friday. Rain will fall behind the boundary over parts of the Northern High Plains to the Northern Plains also through Friday. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php