Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 433 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. through 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 eastward to 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 that will drift into the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley into the Tennessee Valley/Lower Mississippi Valley by Tuesday evening and dissipate by Wednesday morning. Showers and thunderstorms will also develop along the boundary over the Lower Great Lakes/Ohio Valley that will merge with the area of showers and thunderstorms moving eastward from the Middle Mississippi Valley by Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, a front extending from the Northern High Plains into the Great Basin/Northern California will move eastward to the Upper Mississippi Valley/Central Plains and the Southern High Plains by Wednesday. A second front will begin to move inland over the Pacific Northwest overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Onshore flow will aid in producing rain and wet snow over the highest elevations of the Cascades through Wednesday. Additionally, rain, heavy at times will develop over the lower elevations of the Pacific Northwest through Wednesday, too. Farther inland, rain and higher elevation snow will develop over parts of the Northern Rockies, likewise through Wednesday. Overnight Monday, rain will develop over parts of the Northern High Plains that will expand into parts of the Northern Plains on Tuesday, waning overnight Tuesday. Furthermore, showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the Northern Plains on Tuesday afternoon and evening that will move into the Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes and parts of the Middle Mississippi Valley overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php