Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 453 PM EDT Thu Jul 23 2015 Valid 00Z Fri Jul 24 2015 - 00Z Sun Jul 26 2015 ...There are slight and enhanced risks for severe thunderstorms for parts of the Northern Plains, Central Plains and eastern Carolinas... ...Heavy rain possible over portions of North Dakota, extreme western Minnesota and the eastern third of the Carolinas... _________________________________________ Shower activity will be possible through the end of the week for the Pacific Northwest coast and portions of western Canada as a cold front tracks eastward. Monsoonal moisture and daytime heating will aid in producing showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Southern/Central Rockies and the Southwest through Saturday. The frontal system currently over the Canadian Prairie and the Northern Plains will move east and south over the next couple of days. Conditions favorable for strong to severe thunderstorms to develop over Nebraska, the Dakotas and western Minnesota through Friday morning. The Storm Prediction Center has issued slight and enhanced risks for these areas. Some of these storms may potentially produce heavy rain. Flash flooding may occur in these areas as well. By Saturday, the cold front will be positioned from the Hudson Bay through the Upper Mississippi River Valley to the northeast Colorado. This system will bring slightly cooler temperatures to north-central U.S. The Southeast will remain in a wet pattern through Saturday as showers and thunderstorms develop along and near a boundary spanning from the Carolinas to Oklahoma. Heavy rain will be possible for eastern North Carolina and South Carolina through Friday morning. The western portion of the boundary will lift as a weak warm front through Arkansas and Missouri; while the rest of the boundary progresses as a cold front through Georgia into northern Florida by Saturday. Portions of the Deep South will begin to get relief from the excessive heat this weekend. Campbell Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php