Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 346 PM EST Wed Jan 29 2014 Valid 00Z Thu Jan 30 2014 - 00Z Sat Feb 01 2014 ...Winter weather continues to come to an end across the Southeast... ...Much needed precipitation expected for California and the Central Great Basin... ...Widespread upslope snows possible over the Northern to Central Rockies and adjacent High Plains... After a rare round of winter weather...conditions should continue to improve across the Deep South and Southeast Wednesday evening. Frigid temperatures left in the wake of a strong cold front will begin to moderate...and the below normal temperatures in place over the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states should also start to rebound over the next few days. The majority of the eastern third of the Nation will stay precipitation free through the end of the work week; However...a frontal boundary lingering south of Florida will keep showers in the forecast across the sunshine state. Plenty of moisture...combined with pieces of energy rolling through aloft...will allow for the developing showers over Florida to contain periods of moderate to heavy rains. Widespread shower activity is expected with a Pacific front dropping through California...the Central Great Basin...and Central Rockies Thursday and Friday. A steady plume of Pacific moisture streaming inland with the boundary should fuel some much needed areas of heavier precipitation out West...especially for portions of northern California and the Central Great Basin. Temperatures will be low enough to support plenty of snow in the higher elevations...and accumulations could approach or exceed a foot along the Sierra Nevada...Uinta...and Wasatch ranges...as well as across the Colorado Rockies. An Arctic front will continue its plunge through the north central U.S. the next few days. The system will have limited moisture to work with...but strong winds behind the front should force some widespread upslope snows across the eastern slopes of the Northern to Central Rockies and adjacent High Plains. Also...light snows will be possible with the leading edge of the Arctic front as it crosses the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Thursday into Friday. Gerhardt Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php