Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 257 PM EST Sun Feb 11 2018 Valid 00Z Mon Feb 12 2018 - 00Z Wed Feb 14 2018 ...Widespread rain for the eastern U.S. and snow returning to parts of the West... A strong front will continue to produce scattered to widespread rain across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, with snow to the north, as it passes through the eastern states. Moisture surging north from the Gulf of Mexico will fuel multiple rounds of moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast states. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for southern Michigan and a few locations in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Flood Watches and Advisories are in effect New Jersey to northern Virginia, eastern Tennessee Valley, and from the Central Appalachians to the central Gulf Coast. Arctic air settling into northern-tier states will help reinforce a strong thermal gradient near the continental divide on Monday. This will aid in the development of snow from the Great Basin to the Central and Northern Rockies. Temperatures along the Hi-line and the Upper Mississippi Valley will range from the singles to teens. Mild temperatures are expected across the Desert Southwest and the Southeast over the next couple of days. The Florida Peninsula will continue to be unseasonably warm and humid through early next week and beyond, with the persistent upper level ridge over the western Atlantic keeping cold fronts from making much progress through the Sunshine State. Campbell Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php