Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 345 PM EST Sat Dec 23 2017 Valid 00Z Sun Dec 24 2017 - 00Z Tue Dec 26 2017 ...Heavy snow possible over parts of the Northeast and the Upper Great Lakes... ...Snow possible for part of the Cascades and the Northern/Central Rockies... ...Snow, rain, and freezing rain mixed over parts of the Northeast... Low pressure over Northern New England will move northeastward into the Canadian Maritimes by Sunday morning, Christmas Eve, while developing area of low develops over the Southeast. Snow, rain, and freezing rain, mixed will develop over parts of Northern New England on Saturday evening that will change over to areas of rain and snow overnight Saturday over Northern New England. These areas of rain/snow will come to an end over the Northeast by Sunday morning. Snow will also develop over parts of the Lower Great Lakes/Eastern Ohio Valley that will wane by late Saturday night. In addition, rain will develop over Southern New England into the Northern Mid-Atlantic that will, likewise, end by Sunday morning. Rain and a few embedded thunderstorms will develop along the associated front over parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic/Southeast that will move off the coast Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, upper-level energy over the Northern Rockies will move southeastward to the Southern Ohio Valley by Sunday evening that will begin to move off the Northeast Coast by Christmas morning, Monday morning. The energy will aid in developing low pressure over the Ohio Valley by Sunday afternoon into evening that will merge with a wave of low pressure over the Southeast forming a deep low over the Gulf of Maine on Christmas morning, Monday morning. The energy will aid in producing snow over parts of the Central Rockies/Central Plains that will move into the Central Plains/Middle Mississippi Valley by Sunday morning that will expand into the Great Lakes and Ohio/Tennessee Valleys by Sunday evening. More to Follow Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php