Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 443 PM EDT Wed Oct 16 2013 Valid 00Z Thu Oct 17 2013 - 00Z Sat Oct 19 2013 ...Unsettled weather expected from the Gulf Coast to New England... ...Light snows possible along the Colorado and Wyoming Rockies... A cold front slowly edging through the Eastern U.S. the next few days will bring unsettled weather from the Gulf Coast to New England. The majority of precipitation developing along the front will be light and scattered in nature...however...a piece of energy aloft rounding the Lower Great Lakes and then lifting into Quebec could help produce some moderate rains across interior portions of the Northeast Wednesday night into Thursday. Also...some heavier and more organized precipitation will be possible near a surface wave along the boundary as it steadily tracks northeastward from the Southern Appalachians into New England. Upstream...a moisture starved cold front dropping out of the northern tier will push through the Northern/Central Plains and Upper Midwest on Thursday. Precipitation will be sparse along the boundary...but upslope flow against the terrain could produce some light snows in the higher elevations of Wyoming. As the boundary dips further south on Friday and begins interacting with moisture from the Western Gulf...some heavier precipitation should develop across Oklahoma...Kansas...and back into Colorado. Temperatures should stay low enough to support accumulating snows in the Rockies of Colorado. Gerhardt Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php