Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 256 PM EST Fri Mar 02 2018 Valid 00Z Sat Mar 03 2018 - 00Z Mon Mar 05 2018 ...Conditions will gradually improve across the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic states as a powerful storm system pulls away from the New England coast Friday night... ...Heavy snow will continue across the mountains of California and should spread across the Central Great Basin and northern Rockies this weekend... ...Weather should become increasingly active across the Great Plains while a large scale upper trough edges out into the central U.S. late this weekend... Strong winds, heavy rain, and accumulating snow will continue across the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic states Friday evening, but then conditions should gradually improve as a powerful storm system pulls away from the coast Friday night. High pressure building in behind the exiting storm should keep much of the region dry through the weekend, with the exception of some light snow showers across the Lower Great Lakes and interior New England. The pattern will remain active over the Western U.S. as an anomalous large scale upper trough edges inland this weekend. Snow will continue to accumulate over the mountains of California, and the threat for heavy snow should spread into the Central Great Basin and northern Rockies as a surface boundary stalls across Nevada, northern Utah, and Wyoming. Gerhardt Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php