Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 213 AM EST Wed Dec 4 2019 Valid 12Z Wed Dec 4 2019 - 12Z Fri Dec 6 2019 ...Quieter weather pattern returns to most of the nation after the major winter storm... The major winter storm that made it trans-continental journey across the U.S. has finally exited New England. In the wake of the storm, strong cold air advection over the Great Lakes will generate bands of lake effect snow, with the heaviest snowfall likely downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario on Wednesday and lingering some into Thursday. Additional moisture from the Pacific will fuel additional rainfall across central and southern California through midweek, and moderate to heavy snow for the central Sierra Nevada. Snow showers are likely across the higher terrain of central Nevada, Utah, and western Colorado as the upper level low from the Pacific moves inland across the Desert Southwest. Isolated snowfall totals in excess of 6 inches are possible. Elsewhere across the continental U.S., dry conditions can be expected from the western High Plains to the Midwest, and also most of the East Coast region over the next couple of days as high pressure governs the overall weather pattern. An inversion setting up across parts of Oregon and Idaho will lead to some air stagnation concerns. through midweek. Temperatures are generally expected to be slightly below normal across the Northeast U.S., and above normal across the central and southern Plains through Thursday. Hamrick Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php