Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 215 PM EST Sun Feb 02 2020 Valid 00Z Mon Feb 03 2020 - 00Z Wed Feb 05 2020 ...Heavy snow for the Northern/Central Rockies... ...Temperatures will be 10 to 30 degrees above average for parts of Central/Southern Plains into the Middle Mississippi Valley... A deep upper-level trough will develop over the Great Basin and into the Central Rockies overnight Monday into Tuesday. The system will produce light snow over parts of the higher elevations of the Pacific Northwest on Sunday evening. The snow will move southeastward into the Northern/Central Rockies and intensify by Monday evening. The snow will continue to move southeastward into the Southern/Central High Plains by Tuesday morning. Light rain will continue over parts of the Pacific Northwest Coast through Tuesday evening. Upper-level energy over the Lower Great Lakes into Northern Mid-Atlantic will move eastward off the Northeast Coast Monday evening. The system will produce light rain and snow over parts of the Lower Great Lakes into the Northern Mid-Atlantic slowly tapering off Monday afternoon. Upper-level ridging ahead of the aforementioned Deep upper-level trough will aid in allowing temperatures to rise to 10 to 30 degrees above average over parts of the Central/Southern Plains into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Sunday evening into Monday. A front extending from the Great Lakes roughly southwestward to the Central High Plains will move eastward to Northern New England southwestward to the Southern High Plains by Tuesday. Moisture from the Western Gulf of Mexico will move northward into the Ohio Valley and into the Mid-Atlantic by overnight Monday. On Monday evening, rain will develop over parts of the Eastern Texas and expand northeastward along the associated front into the Ohio Valley by Tuesday morning and into parts of the Mid-Atlantic by Tuesday evening. There will also be strong winds across parts of Eastern California, Southern Nevada, and Northern Arizona where high wind warnings are in effect. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php