Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 403 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018 Valid 12Z Wed Oct 10 2018 - 12Z Fri Oct 12 2018 ...Hurricane Michael is forecast to make landfall along the Florida Panhandle... ...Heavy rain possible from parts of Florida Panhandle northeastward to parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic... ...Heavy snow is possible over parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and the higher elevations of the Northern/Central Rockies... ...Temperatures will be 10 to 25 degrees below average over parts of the Northern/Central Rockies to the Northern/Central Plains... Hurricane Michael is forecast to make landfall as a major hurricane by Wednesday afternoon along the Florida Panhandle and continue a northeasterly track as it moves across Georgia into the Carolinas by Thursday. Heavy rain and life-threatening flash flooding are likely across the Florida Panhandle/Big Bend region, northward into the Carolinas. WPC has placed this entire region within a moderate risk for excessive rainfall. In addition, dangerous hurricane force wind and life-threatening storm surge is likely along the coast where hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect. As is typical with a tropical system, a tornado threat will be present as well, and the Storm Prediction Center has highlighted this with a slight risk on their convective outlooks. For the latest information on storm track and intensity of Michael, please refer to the National Hurricane Center. Meanwhile, a front extending from Northern New England westward to the Great Lakes/Middle Mississippi Valley southward to the Southern Plains will move eastward to New England roughly southward to the Florida Panhandle by Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the boundary from parts of the Great Lakes southward to the Lower Mississippi Valley/Western Gulf Coast that will, likewise, move eastward to New England southward to the Southeast by Friday, too. Showers and thunderstorms will also develop from the Great Lakes to New England that will end from west to east through Friday. North and west of the front rain and snow will develop over parts of the Northern/Central Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley that will end over the Plains by Thursday morning and over the Upper Mississippi Valley by Friday morning. Upper-level energy over Northern Rockies/Great Basin will move eastward to the Great Lakes by Thursday morning while additional upper-level energy moves southeastward out of Western Canada into the Northern Plains by Friday. The energy will produce mountain snow and valley rain over parts of the Northern Intermountain Region/Northern Rockies into parts the Great Basin/Central Rockies that will wane over the Northern Intermountain Region/Northern Rockies by Thursday morning. Overnight Wednesday, rain and higher elevation snow will develop over parts of the Southwest/Central Rockies that will continue into Thursday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php