Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 312 PM EDT Thu Oct 03 2019 Valid 00Z Fri Oct 04 2019 - 00Z Sun Oct 06 2019 ...Heavy to excessive rainfall possible for parts of the southern High Plains tonight... ...Another day of record heat possible across parts of the Southeast on Friday... ...Elevated to critical fire weather threats on Friday from eastern Utah to southern Wyoming... Moisture streaming into the southern High Plains will interact with a stalled frontal boundary continuing the threat for heavy to excessive rainfall tonight across central and eastern New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle. WPC highlights this region within a slight risk valid through tomorrow morning. The northern portion of this frontal boundary should race across the Northeast tonight with showers and a few thunderstorms possible from the Lower Great Lakes into New England. Snow showers cannot be ruled out overnight across the higher terrain of Northern New England as overnight temperatures hover near freezing, though little to no accumulation is expected. This cold front will also usher in a much more seasonable air mass resulting in noticeably cooler weather across the Ohio Valley to the Northeast Friday and Saturday, at least compared to the record heat earlier in the week. Farther south, temperatures should remain warmer than average from the Southern Plains to the Southeast, with another day of potentially record breaking heat across the Southeast on Friday. A second cold front moving through the Rockies on Friday will bring unsettled weather to parts of the northwest/Intermountain West, with light snow accumulations possible in the highest terrain. To the south, dry and gusty conditions will contribute to an elevated to critical fire weather threat on Friday from eastern Utah to Colorado and southern Wyoming. Fire weather watches and red flag warnings are in effect for parts of this area. As this system ejects out of the Rockies on Saturday, showers and thunderstorms will develop ahead of the cold front from the Central Plains to the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes, with locally heavy rainfall possible. Santorelli Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php