Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 320 AM EST Wed Feb 05 2014 Valid 12Z Wed Feb 05 2014 - 12Z Fri Feb 07 2014 ...Heavy snow from the Lower Great Lakes to New England... ...Freezing rain possible for parts of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Coast into Southern New England... ...Temperatures will be 20 to 40 degrees below average over the Plains/High Plains... A storm over the Ohio Valley will move eastward out over the Western Atlantic by Wednesday evening. The system will produce heavy snow over parts of the Lower Great Lakes into New England that will slowly taper off to light snow over New England by Wednesday evening before ending Wednesday night. Pockets of rain/freezing rain will develop over parts of the Northern Mid-Atlantic ending by afternoon. In addition, moderate to heavy rain will develop over parts of the Mid-Atlantic before moving to parts of Coastal Southern New England by Wednesday afternoon, then ending. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the associated cold front over the Southeast and the Carolinas, likewise moving off the coast by Wednesday evening. Showers and thunderstorms will linger over Southern Florida through Thursday morning. Furthermore, upper-level jet dynamics will aid in producing scattered rain over parts of the Southeast to the Carolinas on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, cold high pressure over Western Canada will sink southeastward to the Middle Mississippi Valley by Thursday evening. Upper-level energy and the circulation around the high will trigger light snow over parts of the Northern Intermountain Region and the Northern/Central Rockies through Thursday morning. Additionally, snow will also develop over parts of the Texas panhandle on Thursday morning. Elsewhere, a weak Pacific system will move into California on Thursday. The energy will trigger rain over California and snow over the higher elevations of the State. Snow will also develop over parts of the Great Basin, Southwest, and parts of the Central/Southern Rockies by Thursday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php