Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 405 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 Valid 00Z Fri Jun 23 2017 - 00Z Sun Jun 25 2017 ...Tropical depression Cindy is expected to spread heavy rain and embedded severe weather across the Deep South followed by the eastern U.S. through Saturday... ...Thunderstorms over the Midwest into the Great Lakes as well as the central High Plains could be severe through tonight... ...Excessive heat should begin to abate in the southwestern U.S. as hot weather returns to the Pacific Northwest... After making landfall early this morning, tropical storm Cindy has slowly weakened into a tropical depression as it moves further inland near the Louisiana-Texas border. Heavy tropical downpours will continue to accompany the circulation as it tracks northeastward across Arkansas tonight and into the Tennessee Valley on Friday. Meanwhile, a fast-moving cold front currently moving across the upper Midwest and the central Plains will approach and begin to interact with the remnant circulation of Cindy on Friday. This interaction will increase the likelihood of heavy rain as the remnants of Cindy continue to track across the the Tennessee Valley Friday night and across the central Appalachians early on Saturday. By Saturday morning, the center of Cindy could pass very near the nation's capital before rapidly moving off Cape Cod Saturday evening. A period of heavy rain with some gusty winds can be expected near Cindy's track. A cold front will then quickly sweep across in the wake of Cindy, ushering in cooler and drier air into the East Coast by Saturday evening. Before the cold front reaches the East Coast Saturday evening, showers and thunderstorms currently over the Midwest into the Great Lakes could become severe into tonight. The northern extent of the front will bring showers and thunderstorms across the Northeast on Friday into Saturday morning. South of the front and east of the remnants of Cindy, bands of thunderstorms can be expected across Alabama and into the southern Appalachians through Saturday before the cold front arrives later on Saturday. Out West, excessive heat with actual temperatures reaching 120 degrees continues across the Desert Southwest. The heat is forecast to begin abating as we head into the weekend. On the other hand, hot weather is expected to return over the Pacific Northwest with high temperatures approaching 100 degrees at some interior locations during the weekend. Kong Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php