Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 153 AM EST Fri Nov 11 2016 Valid 12Z Fri Nov 11 2016 - 12Z Sun Nov 13 2016 ...Unseasonably warm temperatures expected from the northern Rockies to the Upper Midwest... The weather pattern across the contiguous U.S. will be unusually quiet for November through the short range forecast period. A fast-moving cold front will cross the Northeastern U.S. today, bringing scattered rain showers, with snow showers possible for the highest elevations. The cold front will also sweep across the Ohio valley and southeastern U.S., but it will be starved for moisture and will produce little or no precipitation for those areas. A few scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible along the tail end of the front across the southern High Plains today and Saturday. Behind the front, Canadian high pressure will usher in a cooler air mass from the Northeast to the southern plains by Saturday, with afternoon high temperatures forecast to be 5 to 10 degrees below average. Farther west, high pressure at the mid and upper-levels will be responsible for warming temperatures through the weekend from the northern Rockies to the Upper Midwest. High temperatures on Saturday and Sunday are forecast to be 15 to 25 degrees above average across these areas. Along the West Coast, a Pacific frontal system will approach by late today, bringing rain showers to coastal areas before spreading inland tonight into Saturday. Snow will be possible at the higher elevations by Saturday as somewhat cooler temperatures move into the Northwest. By Sunday, another system will begin to spread rain and high elevation snows into the Pacific Northwest. Ryan Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_wbg.php