Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 346 PM EDT Thu Sep 27 2018 Valid 00Z Fri Sep 28 2018 - 00Z Sun Sep 30 2018 ...Heavy rain possible over parts of the Western Gulf Coast... ...Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average over the Northern/Central Plains into the Upper Great Lakes... ...Snow possible at highest elevations of the Northern Rockies... A front extending from parts of the Mid-Atlantic southwestward to the Western Gulf Coast will be quasi-stationary through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and near the boundary from parts of the Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast and along the Western/Central Gulf Coast through Saturday. Rain will develop over parts of the Northern Mid-Atlantic that will move northeastward into the Northeast through Friday evening. Meanwhile, a second front extending from the Upper Great Lakes southwestward to the Central Plains then northwestward to the Northern Rockies will move eastward to the Northeast Coast southwestward to the Southern Plains and banked along the Northern/Central Rockies by Saturday. Rain will develop over parts of the Upper Great Lakes into parts of the Northern Plains that will move eastward to the Lower Great Lakes/Ohio Valley into parts of the Central Plains by Saturday. Rain with highest elevation snow will develop over parts of the Northern Rockies and Northern High Plains ending by Friday evening. Light rain and highest elevation snow will return to the Northern Rockies/Northern High Plains by Saturday morning. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php