Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 356 PM EDT Tue Nov 01 2016 Valid 00Z Wed Nov 02 2016 - 00Z Fri Nov 04 2016 ...Unsettled weather continues across the Pacific Northwest... ...Heavy rainfall in parts of the Great Lakes and Plains possible... ...Unusual warm weather expected across the eastern half of the U.S. for the next few days... A series of upper level disturbances will cross the Pacific Northwest over the next few days--continuing the all-too-familiar rainy pattern. Tonight and into Wednesday, a surface boundary will approach the coast--bringing a round of showers and moderate rainfall to the Pacific Northwest region. Later that afternoon, another front will approach the region which will once again bring rainfall to the area. Rain will continue into Thursday--and by Thursday evening, rainfall will begin to decrease. The bulk of the heavy rainfall--and higher elevation snow--will mostly be confined in British Columbia. A front stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies will continue moving generally in a southeastward direction through the short term period. As the front stalls along the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley on Wednesday afternoon, rain will develop along the boundary and will spread across the southern Plains. As the front moves toward the Mid-Atlantic and southward across the Southeast and southern Plains--the line of rainfall will shift accordingly. The front will begin to slow and stall across western Texas--which could give way to heavy rainfall especially along that area. Meanwhile, warmer than normal temperatures will dominate the eastern half of the U.S.--with temperatures over 20 degrees above normal through Thursday. Fanning Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php