Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 352 PM EDT Tue Apr 02 2019 Valid 00Z Wed Apr 03 2019 - 00Z Fri Apr 05 2019 ...Coastal storm off the Atlantic coast to bring rain and gusty winds to coastal locations, with hurricane force winds likely over the open waters... ...Precipitation spreads from the West into the Plains states on Wednesday... ...Severe weather possible from parts of the Southern Plains on Wednesday to the Lower Mississippi Valley on Thursday... A rapidly deepening surface low off the Mid-Atlantic coast will continue to bring rain to areas along the Northeast Coast into tomorrow, though the heaviest rainfall should remain offshore. Late season accumulating snow is also possible across parts of interior New England, with gusty winds likely along the coast and hurricane force winds possible over the open water closer to the low center. A system moving into the Western U.S. this afternoon will allow rain and mountain snow to continue into tomorrow, with some moderate accumulating snows likely in the highest terrain. As this system ejects out of the Rockies on Wednesday, rain showers will begin to develop across parts of the central and northern Plains, and although rainfall is not expected to be especially heavy, any amount of rain may only exacerbate ongoing flooding across that region. Farther south into the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, rainfall may be heavy at times, with strong to severe thunderstorms possible. SPC has highlighted parts of western Oklahoma within a slight risk on Wednesday, and the lower Mississippi Valley on Thursday. Elsewhere, conditions should be relatively quiet during the short range. A cold front dropping through the Great Lakes region may bring some light rain or snow showers to locations across the Great Lakes and Midwest on Thursday. Out West, another system approaching the coast may bring a second round of rain and higher elevation snows to the Pacific Northwest and northern California by Thursday. Santorelli Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php