Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 614 AM EDT Mon Jun 01 2020 Valid 12Z Mon Jun 01 2020 - 12Z Wed Jun 03 2020 ...Rounds of showers and thunderstorms over the Upper Midwest... ...Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees above average over the Northern/Central Plains and the Central High Plains... ...Elevated to Critical fire weather conditions across the Central Great Basin... A front over the Northern Plains will move slowly eastward to the Lower Great Lakes by Wednesday, while the western portion of the front becomes quasi-stationary over the Upper Midwest. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the associated warm front over the Upper Mississippi Valley on Monday that will move into Great Lakes by Monday evening. The region of showers and thunderstorms will move into the Lower Great Lakes by Tuesday morning and into the Northeast by Tuesday evening. Along the quasi-stationary front showers and thunderstorms will develop on Tuesday over parts of the Upper Midwest and some of these storms will become severe, possibly producing hail greater than 2 inches in diameter. On Wednesday severe thunderstorms will develop again over parts of the Upper Midwest producing hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Meanwhile, moisture from the Western Gulf of Mexico will move into Texas while upper-level energy will aid in producing showers and thunderstorms over the Western Gulf Coast region through Wednesday. Parts of the West will continue to experience an expansive dome of summer heat which will spill out into the northern Plains. High temperatures Monday will rise into the 90s across the Northern/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 over the Northeast. 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. A critical risk for fire weather continues Monday in the central Great Basin. Elevated risks for fire weather extend east into western Colorado and on southward into the Lower Colorado River Valley. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php