Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 148 AM EST Mon Feb 22 2016 Valid 12Z Mon Feb 22 2016 - 12Z Wed Feb 24 2016 ...Showers and thunderstorms from Texas to the Southeast Coast... ...Snow showers expected for the Rocky Mountains... Unsettled weather is expected over the southern tier states for the beginning of the week as a cold front slowly moves southward and then stalls near the Gulf Coast. The moisture convergence in the vicinity of this boundary will provide enough lift for scattered showers and storms to develop on Sunday and into Monday. By Tuesday morning, a more concentrated area of rain and embedded thunderstorms is likely over parts of the southern Plains and the Deep South as a surface low develops over Texas and moves eastward. By Wednesday morning, the surface low is forecast to continue deepening as it tracks across Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. Widespread showers and storms are expected to develop ahead of the cold front across the southeast states and Florida. On the west side of the low, a band of accumulating snow is expected from Missouri to the Great Lakes with several inches of snow likely. Windy conditions are also expected in the vicinity of this low pressure system. Elsewhere across the U.S., snow showers are likely over the northern and central Rockies as moisture with a shortwave disturbance moves eastward. Dry weather is expected for California and the Desert Southwest through the middle of the week. Hamrick Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php