Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 257 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2016 Valid 12Z Sat Feb 27 2016 - 12Z Mon Feb 29 2016 ...Heavy rain and snow for parts of the Olympic Peninsula... ...Heavy snow for parts of the Northern Cascades... ...Temperatures will be 15 to 30 degrees above average over parts of the Northern/Central Plains... A front over parts of the Northern Rockies to parts of the Great Basin will move eastward to the Upper Mississippi Valley to Central High Plains to parts of the Great Basin by late Saturday night. In addition, the boundary will link up with a front moving south and eastward over Central Canada to Northern New England on Saturday night. The system over Northern Rockies will produce rain and higher elevation snow over parts of the Pacific Northwest eastward to parts of the Northern Intermountain Region through early Sunday morning. The snow and rain will move out of the Northern High Plains by Sunday morning as light snow develops over parts of the Northern Plain into the Upper Great Lakes. Likewise, snow will develop over parts of Northern New England and continue into Sunday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php