Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 223 PM EDT Sun May 11 2014 Valid 00Z Mon May 12 2014 - 00Z Wed May 14 2014 ...Heavy snows in Colorado and Wyoming expected to taper off Monday morning... ...Heavy rains possible across Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas Monday night into Tuesday... ...Hot and dry with weak Santa Ana winds possible Monday night into Tuesday... A late spring cyclone will slowly congeal across the Plains/Upper Midwest Monday into Tuesday. This system has brought heavy snows to Colorado and Wyoming, where snows should continue with slowly lowering intensity/deposition through Monday morning as the low pressure system pulls away. Within its warm sector near and ahead of its cold front, there is a risk of severe thunderstorms from the Midwest into the Great Lakes from this afternoon into Monday night. The tail end of its front in Texas briefly slows down while it waits for a secondary push of cool air to catch up to the boundary, bringing the promise of heavy, and possibly excessive, rainfall from Monday night into Tuesday morning. In its wake, a strong high pressure system is expected to build into the Rockies and Great Basin from north to south Monday into Tuesday -- threatening record high sea-level pressures for May near Grand Junction, Colorado Tuesday morning. This should cause winds to be offshore across California over the next few days, with a chance for weak Santa Ana conditions, and the requisite fire weather concerns brought on by the downslope winds, low humidities, and high temperatures, on Tuesday, Whether of not the Santa Ana develops, highs in the 90s are expected to continue, deepening the hole precipitation-wise and expanded drought conditions in the Golden State over the next few days. Roth Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php