Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 352 AM EDT Tue May 8 2018 Valid 12Z Tue May 8 2018 - 12Z Thu May 10 2018 ...A quieter weather pattern across most of the nation... Most of the eastern U.S. will enjoy partly cloudy conditions for the middle of the week with the frontal zone moving offshore and surface high pressure building into the region. Temperatures are expected to be near normal through Wednesday before warmer weather and higher humidity arrives by the end of the week. Across the north-central U.S., a surface low tracking eastward across South Dakota and the Upper Midwest will support scattered showers and storms, with rainfall amounts approaching an inch for parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Some strong thunderstorms will also be possible as this disturbance passes through the region. Across the West, scattered showers and a few storms are expected from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Intermountain West/Rockies by Tuesday night and into Wednesday as a cold front moves in from the eastern Pacific. Locally enhanced heavier rainfall is possible for the windward terrain. Farther to the south over the Desert Southwest, hot weather will continue underneath upper level ridging, with temperatures near or slightly above 100 degrees for the lower elevations of Arizona, southern Nevada, and eastern California. D. Hamrick Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php