Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 327 AM EDT Wed Jun 29 2016 Valid 12Z Wed Jun 29 2016 - 12Z Fri Jul 01 2016 ...Heavy rain possible today across portions of northern New England... ...Severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain possible for portions of the plains... ...Above average temperatures to continue from the West Coast to the Intermountain West... An area of low pressure along a frontal boundary will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms to New England today. The most widespread showers and storms are expected from northern New Hampshire to much of Maine, where additional rainfall amounts exceeding one inch are possible. The low pressure system will move north into Quebec late this evening, with the cold front pushing offshore bringing an end to precipitation across New England. The trailing end of this frontal boundary will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the southeastern U.S. and Gulf Coast today as well, with locally heavy rain possible. The frontal boundary will linger across the Southeast on Thursday, keeping showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. A stationary front will keep scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast today and Thursday for much of the plains. Some thunderstorms may be severe today across portions of the central/northern High Plains, where the Storm Prediction Center has outlined a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. Locally heavy rain will also be possible. On Thursday, another cold front will move south from Canada into the northern plains and Upper Midwest, bringing a round of showers and thunderstorms from the Upper Midwest to the Upper Great Lakes. This front will usher a cooler and drier air mass into the Midwest in its wake. Monsoonal moisture will result in scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Four Corners and the eastern Great Basin today and Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms in this area will be focused more heavily in areas of higher terrain. Elsewhere across the West, conditions will remain mostly dry from the West Coast to the northern Intermountain Region, with afternoon high temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above average through Thursday. Ryan Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php