Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 358 PM EDT Sun May 31 2020 Valid 00Z Mon Jun 01 2020 - 00Z Wed Jun 03 2020 ...Rounds of showers and thunderstorms over the North Central U.S., Texas, and Florida the first half of the week... ...Expansive heat dome to take shape from the West Coast to the Midwest through Tuesday... ...Elevated to Critical fire weather conditions across the Central Great Basin... Despite what will generally be a drier than normal pattern across much of the Lower 48 the next couple days, there will still be rounds of showers and thunderstorms to contend with. Starting across the northern tier, a storm system tracking through the Canadian Prairies is forecast to spark showers and thunderstorms over the northern High Plains this evening with some storms potentially becoming severe. By Monday, the area most at risk for showers and thunderstorms grows from the northern High Plains to the Upper Midwest. The frontal boundary responsible for Monday's storms is likely to stall out over the North Central U.S. leading to yet another round of severe weather on Tuesday. An area of showers and storms may track into the eastern Great Lakes and northern Mid-Atlantic early Tuesday morning ahead of an approaching warm front. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be a daily occurrence across Texas and Florida. It is fitting that as meteorological summer kicks off on Monday, so will the beginnings of an expansive dome of summer heat across the CONUS. High temperatures Monday will rise into the 90s across the northern and central High Plains with more triple digit heat in the Desert Southwest. Following a cool Monday, the West Coast should see temperatures return to summer-like levels. The one region that manages to stay below normal through Tuesday is the East Coast with the more pleasant and comfortable conditions centered in the Northeast. By Wednesday, 80s and 90s for highs along with increasingly muggy conditions returning to the Mid-Atlantic, allowing for hot conditions to stretch from coast-to-coast by mid-week. The growing area of sweltering temperatures along with relatively dry and gusty conditions makes fire weather a growing concern, most notably in the Four Corners and Great Basin regions. Critical risks for fire weather continue for both today and Monday in the central Great Basin. Elevated risks for fire weather extend east into western Colorado and on south into the Lower Colorado River Valley. Mullinax Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php