Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 126 PM EST Wed Nov 29 2017 Valid 00Z Thu Nov 30 2017 - 00Z Sat Dec 02 2017 ...Mild temperatures to continue for most of the lower 48 through the short range period... ...Another round of light to moderate precipitation moves into the west by tomorrow and again on Friday... A fairly quiet weather pattern is in store the next couple of days as a couple of systems move across the country. A cold front pushing through the upper Midwest will bring some light snow or a mix to portions of the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes with its passage. To the south, light rain will be possible across the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valleys in association with a dissipating boundary overnight. As the main system pushes eastward through the Ohio Valley tomorrow and eventually the Northeast on Friday, light rain will spread into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions, with light snowfall possible across far northern New York and New England. Despite a frontal passage, temperatures across the Central and Eastern U.S. should remain fairly mild and comfortable for this time of the year. Afternoon highs may average around 10 degrees above normal. Out west, another round of rain and higher elevation snow should move into the region by tomorrow as a front makes its way onshore and eventually moving into the high Plains by Thursday evening or Friday. Most of the precipitation should be light to modest in nature, with several inches of snow possible in the highest terrain of the Cascades. Expect a short break in the weather on Thursday evening, but more light precipitation will move in by Friday as a second cold front makes its way through the eastern Pacific towards the coast. Ahead of the front, temperatures will remain mild across the West and into the northern Plains with day time temperatures averaging 15 to 20 degrees above normal, especially across the northern Plains and parts of the upper Mississippi Valley. Santorelli Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php