Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 401 PM EDT Thu Jul 04 2019 Valid 00Z Fri Jul 05 2019 - 00Z Sun Jul 07 2019 ...Slight to enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms on Thursday across parts of the Central Rockies and Plains, with locally heavy rainfall likely from the Upper Midwest to the High Plains... ...Summertime conditions continuing across much of the Midwest and eastern U.S.... A cold front pushing south from the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley on Thursday will continue to be a focus for numerous showers and thunderstorms, increasing the potential for severe weather and heavy to locally excessive rainfall. The best chance for severe thunderstorms on Thursday is from western Nebraska to central Wyoming, where the Storm Prediction Center is indicating an Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms through Thursday night. Elsewhere, more scattered convection is expected across much of the South to the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states, with New England and much of the Western U.S. remaining dry on Thursday. The threat for scattered showers and thunderstorms is expected to continue into the weekend from the northern Rockies and Great Plains eastward through the Midwest into the East. Temperatures for the 4th of July will be above normal for most areas east of the Mississippi river. Daytime highs in the 90s will be common across the central and eastern U.S., with high humidity levels making it feel even hotter. On Friday, temperatures across parts of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic should moderate slightly, while daytime highs reaching into the upper 80s to lower 90s will continue as far north as northern New England. The Western U.S. should stay near or below normal as we end the week, with the greatest departures from normal (10 to 20 degrees below average) likely across the northern High Plains as cold air filters in behind the cold front. Santorelli/Pereira Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php