Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 254 AM EST Sun Dec 07 2014 Valid 12Z Sun Dec 07 2014 - 12Z Tue Dec 09 2014 ...Heavy rain for the Washington Olympics... ...Freezing rain may develop over parts of the Northern High Plains to Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes... Storm over the Northern High Plains will move eastward to the Upper Great Lakes by Monday evening. The system will produce pockets of rain/freezing rain from parts of the Northern High Plains to parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes by Monday morning. Snow will also develop over parts of the Northern High Plains that will move to the Upper Great Lakes by Monday. Areas of rain will develop with the storm from the Northern High Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley by Monday evening. Meanwhile, upper-level energy over the Eastern Pacific will move onshore over the Pacific Northwest/Northern California on Sunday evening that will move to the Northern Rockies by Monday evening. The system will produce rain over parts of Northern California on Sunday evening that will move into Pacific Northwest on Monday. Elsewhere, upper-level energy over the Southern Rockies will move eastward to the Southeast by Monday. The energy will aid in triggering light rain over parts of the Lower Rio Grande Valley to parts of the Western Gulf Coast that will move into Northeastern Mexico by Monday evening. In addition, storm moving off the East Coast on Sunday morning will circle around in a clockwise direction to approach the Southeast Coast by Monday evening. Rain associated with the system will linger over the East Coast of Florida through Monday morning. As the area of low pressure comes close to the Southeast Coast incombination with upper-level energy moving into the Southeast will aid in producing light to moderate rain over parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic Coast and the Southeast Coast by Monday evening. Additionally an area of snow may develop over parts of Central Appalachians, also on Monday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php