Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 250 AM EST Tue Dec 27 2016 Valid 12Z Tue Dec 27 2016 - 12Z Thu Dec 29 2016 ...Areas of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will taper off this morning across northern New England ... ...Heavy snow possible for the higher elevations of the Pacific Northwest and the northern Intermountain West... The winter storm system that significantly impacted the northern-tier states this Holiday weekend is tracking through the East and will push offshore this afternoon and evening. Freezing rain and snow will taper off this morning across northern New England. Farther south, rain and a few thunderstorms will be possible along and ahead of the cold front from the Ohio valley to the lower Mississippi valley and the Southeast today. Much of the central U.S. will have mostly dry conditions over the next few days as high pressure moves in behind the cold front. Temperatures will be above average across most of the central and eastern U.S. today. The East Coast will be particularly warm, with afternoon high temperatures forecast to be 10 to 25 degrees above average. On Wednesday the most anomalous warmth will shift west to the southern and central plains, where high temperatures will rise into the 10 to 20 degrees above average range. Rain and mountain snow is spreading across the coast, the Cascades and into the northern Intermountain West as a frontal system pushes inland. Heavy snow is possible across the Cascades as well as the higher terrain of the northern Intermountain West. Numerous winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories and high wind warning are in effect across the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies. Campbell Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php