Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 305 PM EST Thu Nov 15 2018 Valid 00Z Fri Nov 16 2018 - 00Z Sun Nov 18 2018 ...Early season winter storm to bring ice and heavy snow from the Ohio Valley to the Appalachians and interior Northeast through Friday... The big weather story across the continental U.S. through the end of the work week will be the nor'easter affecting the northeastern U.S. Many locations from Virginia to New York have received noteworthy early season snow, with some inland locations getting in excess of six inches thus far. This storm system will continue lifting northward along the coast and bring widespread inland snow from Pennsylvania to Maine, with the possibility of a foot or more of snow accumulation for parts of upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania. Winter storm warnings are currently posted from eastern West Virginia to western Maine, and winter weather advisories extend westward to include parts of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region. Sleet and freezing rain are also likely across parts of the central Appalachians to the Hudson Valley region of New York. Strong winds and coastal flooding will be possible from Long Island to coastal Maine as the low pressure intensifies overnight and into Friday. Improving conditions will return in time for the weekend. Elsewhere across the U.S., a series of cold fronts dropping southward from Canada will lead to snow across the northern tier of the country as well. By Thursday night, a front will approach the northern Rockies and then the northern Plains, and light snow will overspread those areas. Snow is forecast to move southward with the cold front across the central Rockies and central Plains and then the middle Mississippi Valley by Friday evening. The northern and central Rockies could see 5 to 10 inches of snow, and a swath of 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected from the northern Plains to parts of the Upper Midwest Valley by Saturday morning, followed by a fresh surge of very cold weather. D. Hamrick Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php