Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 414 PM EDT Thu Oct 10 2019 Valid 00Z Fri Oct 11 2019 - 00Z Sun Oct 13 2019 ...An early-season winter storm could bring more than two feet of snow for parts of northeastern North Dakota... ...Widespread record low temperatures expected tonight across the High Plains and northern/central Rockies... ...Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected to linger over southeastern New England into Saturday... An anomalously cold air mass combining with a vigorous upper-level trough will continue to interact with a sharp cold front across the Plains to bring an early-season winter storm from the northern and central Rockies into the northern and central Plains. Heavy snow is expected to become increasingly focused over North and South Dakotas tonight as a low pressure system rapidly develops along the sharp front and moves quickly northward across the upper Midwest. The low pressure system is expected to stall or even move back toward the northern Plains on Saturday. This will prolong the heavy snowfall over the northern Plains, especially across northeastern North Dakota, where potentially historic snowfall amounts of more than 2 feet is forecast before the snow tapers off during Saturday night. Strong and gusty winds will also accompany the snow, resulting in blowing snow and difficult travel conditions at times. In the cold air mass north and west of the frontal boundary, widespread record low temperatures are expected Friday morning through the High Plains and across the northern and central Rockies, with actual low temperatures down into the single digits at many locations. Farther south, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms are forecast to accompany the cold front across portions of the central to southern Plains tonight. These threats should lessen by tomorrow as the front moves east of the Mississippi Valley. Refer to products issued by the Storm Prediction Center for further details on the severe weather threat. A deep low pressure system is forecast to linger off the Eastern Seaboard through Friday, moving very little as an upper-level low develops over top of the system. The system is expected to produce heavy rainfall and gusty winds across portions of southeastern New England over the next couple of days. An additional 2 inches of rain is expected through Friday night across eastern Massachusetts and nearby islands before the storm moves further away into the Atlantic on Saturday. Kong Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php