Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 348 AM EDT Mon Sep 22 2014 Valid 12Z Mon Sep 22 2014 - 12Z Wed Sep 24 2014 The weather pattern across the United States will be calming down a bit during the next few days from the very active regime of late. The heavy rainfall over the Southwest--largely fueled by the remnant moisture from long-since spun-down tropical cyclone Odile--is expected to slowly subside as a vigorous autumnal storm bears down on the Pacific Northwest. Most of the wind and precipitation with that cyclone should remain offshore during the next couple of days, but the upper-level jet stream associated with it will set fundamental changes into motion across much of the nation. Florida and the immediate southeastern Atlantic coast will be on the wet side as a wave of low pressure ripples along a stationary front just offshore. The Great Lakes, Ohio River valley, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic states will experience a sharp cooldown in the wake of the two areas of low pressure crossing the Canadian Maritime provinces. Cisco Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php