Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 357 PM EDT Mon Sep 18 2017 Valid 00Z Tue Sep 19 2017 - 00Z Thu Sep 21 2017 ...Hurricane Jose will produce dangerous surf conditions and possible heavy rain along portions of the Northeast Coast... ...Heavy rain possible over parts of the Pacific Northwest... ...Wet snow and rain for the highest elevations of the Cascades... ...Snow possible for parts of the Northern Rockies... Hurricane Jose will take a northward track while staying well off of the East Coast of the U.S. Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the Northeast Coast on Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday. For the latest information regarding the track and impacts from Jose on the East Coast, please refer to the National Hurricane Center. A front extending from the Lower Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley will be quasi-stationary through Wednesday while drifting to the Northeast. In addition, a weak area of upper-level energy over the Upper Great Lakes into the Middle Mississippi Valley/Central Plains will move the Ohio Valley/Lower Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday. The energy will aid in producing showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Upper Great Lakes into the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley A strong cold front will sweep across the northern Plains on Tuesday and will bring a line of convection with it. There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms for the northern Plains especially on Tuesday evening--with the primary threat being damaging winds. See the Storm Prediction Center for more information. The strong cold front that will likely produce severe thunderstorms in the northern Plains will first bring widespread precipitation across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. On Monday, this front will move past the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies as it moves toward the northern Plains. Behind the front, widespread precipitation will be possible for these regions along with higher elevation snow in the Cascades and Northern Rockies. As another front begins to approach on Tuesday which will continue the widespread rainfall and higher elevation snow in the northwestern U.S. Temperatures across these regions are expected to be 10-20 degrees below average--with high temperatures 5-10 degrees below average across California and the Central Great Basin. In contrast, temperatures in the interior of New England will continue to see temperatures 10-15 degrees above average through the short term period. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php