Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 233 PM EST Thu Nov 28 2013 Valid 00Z Fri Nov 29 2013 - 00Z Sun Dec 01 2013 ...Tranquil weather pattern setting up over the U.S. for first half of the holiday weekend... A rather tranquil weather pattern is setting up over the U.S. for the first half of the holiday weekend. The storm that raised havoc on travelers along the Eastern Seaboard earlier this week has lifted well into Canada...and the brisk conditions left in the storm's wake should begin to diminish as gusty winds relax and temperatures gradually start to moderate. A weak clipper system will trigger light snow showers across the Great Lakes Thursday night into Friday morning...with some heavier bands expected downwind of the Lakes. The Lakes should then see a bit of a break in activity until another weak system drops into the Upper Great Lakes on Saturday. In the southern tier...cool northeasterly flow over relatively warm ocean waters should bring light showers into Florida's Atlantic Coast...while a closed low spinning out in the Pacific might clip Southern California with extremely light precipitation. Finally...impulses of energy rippling through the flow aloft should foster light showers along the favored slopes of the Washington Cascades and Northern Rockies the next few days. Gerhardt Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php