Short Range Forecast Discussion...Correction NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 742 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 2019 Correction to freshen wording Valid 12Z Thu Apr 11 2019 - 12Z Sat Apr 13 2019 ...Blizzard conditions ongoing in the Central/Northern Plains with a potent late-season winter storm... ...There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Western Ohio Valley... ...Critical fire weather danger for parts of West Texas and Southern New Mexico... A strong storm over the Central Plains will move northeastward to near James Bay by Saturday. Heavy, wet snow will continue west and north of the associated surface low, and 1 to 2 feet of snow is forecast from Northern Nebraska northeastward into parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota. High winds are also likely, creating blizzard conditions in the Central/Northern Plains. Difficult to impossible travel conditions and power outages are expected. Freezing rain is also a threat along the rain/snow line; a quarter of an inch of freezing rain is possible near the Iowa/Minnesota border and into Wisconsin. Farther south in the warm air ahead of the low system, rain and thunderstorms are expected. A Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms is in effect for the Western Ohio Valley in the Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Thursday. Marginal Risks of excessive rainfall/flash flooding are in place for portions of the Upper Great Lakes and Ohio Valley on Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of the associated front this afternoon and evening from the Western Ohio Valleys southward to the Lower Mississippi Valley. The showers and thunderstorms will move eastward to parts of the Northern Mid-Atlantic, Central Appalachians, and into the Central Gulf Coast by Friday evening into Saturday. Behind the storm and an associated dryline, conditions will be favorable for fire weather throughout the Southwest and Southern/Central Plains, as high winds and higher gusts combine with very low relative humidities. A Critical Risk of fire danger is in place in the Storm Prediction Center's Fire Weather Outlook for the West Texas and Southern New Mexico on Thursday. Red Flag Warnings are widespread throughout these areas. More broadly, gusty winds are a threat from California through the Southwest, Intermountain West, Rockies, Plains, and Mississippi Valley for the next couple of days. The biggest threat for high winds in the Southern/Central Plains, where High Wind Warnings are in effect. Elsewhere, upper-level energy over the Pacific Northwest will move southward to Northern Mexico by Friday evening. The energy will induce low pressure to develop over Western Texas/Northern Mexico by Saturday. The system will produce rain and higher elevation snow over the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Region through Saturday morning. From Thursday into Friday, snow will develop over parts of the Great Basin into the Central Rockies. On Friday into Saturday, snow and lower elevation rain will develop over parts of the Central/Southern Rockies and Southwest. As the energy begins to move onto the Southern Plains, moisture from the Western Gulf of Mexico will stream northward over parts of the Western Gulf Coast and the Central Gulf Coast into the Lower Mississippi Valley on Friday evening into Saturday. The moisture and energy will develop showers and thunderstorms over the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Southern Plains on Friday into Saturday. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php