Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 455 PM EDT Tue Jul 08 2014 Valid 00Z Wed Jul 09 2014 - 00Z Fri Jul 11 2014 ...Cooler and drier weather will move into the Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast as thunderstorms pushes farther south into the Southeast and interior Gulf States... ...Summertime thunderstorms continues in parts of the Southwest and the Southeast/Florida... The upper-level pattern will feature a trough slowly moving eastward across the eastern U.S. while a ridge will remain in place in the West. Under the upper-level trough, a high pressure system will build across the Midwest eastward into the Northeast during the next few days, bringing cool and dry weather for July into the area. However, before the cold front arrives, heat will build along much of the Eastern Seaboard along with passages of showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be severe. The rain should clear the Northeast by Thursday morning but the trailing end of the front is expected to become nearly stationary across North Carolina and into the interior Gulf States, where showers and thunderstorms with hot and humid conditions are expected to continue. Out West, summertime monsoonal flow under the base of the warm core ridge will promote scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms from the interior Southwest into the southern Rockies. Typical summertime showers and thunderstorms due to sea breeze convergence within a moist environment are expected in the Florida peninsula and portions of the Gulf coast as well. Otherwise, much the rest of the West should remain dry. Kong Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php