Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 255 AM EST Mon Feb 01 2016 Valid 12Z Mon Feb 01 2016 - 12Z Wed Feb 03 2016 ...Heavy snow possible from the Central Plains to the Upper Great Lakes... ...Heavy snow possible for parts of the Central and Southern Rockies... ...Heavy rain possible for parts of the Tennessee Valley, Southeast, and parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley... ...Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees above average from the Southern Plains to the Northeast... Major storm over the Four Corners Region will move northeastward to the Middle Mississippi Valley by Tuesday night. The system will produce snow over the Great Basin, Southwest, and Central/Southern Rockies on Monday morning moving into the Central Plains and parts of the Southern High Plains by Monday evening. As the storm continues to move northeastward, snow will develop over parts of the Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley and into the Upper Great Lakes on Tuesday into Tuesday evening. In the meantime, the snow will end over the Great Basin/Southwest by Tuesday afternoon with light snow over parts of the Central/Southern Rockies. In addition, rain will develop over parts of the Southern/Central Plains on Monday afternoon into evening. Overnight Monday, the rain will move into parts of the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley. On Tuesday, showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the cold front over the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley moving eastward into parts of the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys and parts of the Southeast by Tuesday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php