Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 433 AM EDT Sat Oct 07 2017 Valid 12Z Sat Oct 07 2017 - 12Z Mon Oct 09 2017 ...There is a slight risk of severe weather over parts of the Central Gulf Coast... ...Hurricane Nate will bring heavy rainfall along with other hazards to the Central Gulf Coast and Southeast... ...Heavy rain possible over parts of the Central/Southern Appalachians and parts of the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys... ...Light to moderate snow over parts of the Northern/Central Rockies... A front extending from the Upper Great Lakes to the Southern Plains will move eastward to the Northeast Coast/Northern Mid-Atlantic into the Ohio Valley then southwestward to the Lower Mississippi Valley/Southern Plains by Sunday evening. The western end of the boundary will dissipate over the Southern Plains on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the front from the Upper Great Lakes/Middle Mississippi Valley into the Central/Southern Plains that will move eastward to the Northeast Coast into the Northern Mid-Atlantic/Ohio Valley by Sunday evening. In addition, rain will develop over parts of the Upper Great Lakes by Saturday evening through Sunday morning. Hurricane Nate is forecast to continue northward across the Central Gulf of Mexico moving into the Central Gulf Coast overnight Saturday. The system will bring showers and thunderstorms to the Central/Eastern Gulf Coast on Saturday morning/afternoon that will expand northward into the Central/Eastern Gulf Coast and parts of the Tennessee Valley by Saturday evening. Nate is forecast to move northward to the Tennessee Valley by Sunday evening. Showers and thunderstorms will continue over the Central/Eastern Gulf Coast and the Tennessee Valley/Southeast on Sunday. Wind will be strong with the storm coming onshore on Saturday. For the most up to date information on storm track, intensity, and rainfall along with other threats associated with Nate--please see the National Hurricane Center (www.hurricanes.gov). Furthermore, showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic on Saturday afternoon expanding into parts of the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday morning continuing into Sunday evening. Meanwhile, a front over the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian border near the Northern High Plains will move southeastward to the Upper Great Lakes/Middle Mississippi Valley and the Central Plains while extending westward into the Central Rockies/Great Basin by Sunday evening. The system will produce rain over parts of the Northwest into the Northern Intermountain Region with snow over the higher elevations of the Cascades on Saturday morning. Onshore flow will continue to produce rain over parts of the Pacific Northwest Coast through Sunday morning when the flow becomes parallel to the coast. The snow over the Cascades will taper off on Sunday morning. As the boundary moves inland, rain and higher elevation snow will develop over parts of the Northern/Central Rockies on Saturday evening into Sunday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php