Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 231 AM EDT Tue Apr 11 2017 Valid 12Z Tue Apr 11 2017 - 12Z Thu Apr 13 2017 ...Rain across the West Coast and Texas, and warm for the eastern states... An extensive cold front stretching from central Texas northeast through the Upper Great Lakes Tuesday morning will continue to trek slowly eastward over the next few days. Along and just ahead of this front will be an area of decent moisture and lift, conducive to producing showers and thunderstorms. Severe thunderstorms will be possible across parts of Texas and the central Gulf Coast region, especially earlier in the forecast period. Areas of heavy rainfall are also likely in the vicinity of the front's southern extent. Several inches of rainfall will be possible with the slowest moving storms, and southern Texas has the best chance for this. After a brief break in the weather across the West Coast, a more potent system is forecast to reach the shore by midweek, bringing widespread rain from northern California northward to the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Basin starting Tuesday afternoon/evening. Additional heavy snow will be likely for the highest mountains, especially the Cascades. Elsewhere across the eastern U.S., mostly sunny and warm conditions are expected ahead of the approaching cold front on Tuesday. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to arrive by the middle of the week. Some high temperature records, including record high minimums, may be met or exceeded across parts of the Northeast Tuesday. Shower and thunderstorm chances will eventually increase across the Southern and central U.S. during midweek ahead of another developing system. D. Hamrick Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php