Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 341 PM EDT Mon Jun 08 2020 Valid 00Z Tue Jun 09 2020 - 00Z Thu Jun 11 2020 ...Cristobal to produce widespread heavy rains, flooding and flash flooding and severe weather from the Central Gulf Coast, north through the Mississippi Valley, Lower Ohio Valley and into the Upper Great Lakes... ..Additional heavy rains, flash flooding and severe weather possible along a strong front across portions of the Central and Northern Plains... ..Elevated to Critical Fire Weather conditions from Southern California, across the Southwest and into the Southern High Plains... While the wind speeds associated with Cristobal have dropped after it moved inland along the Central Gulf Coast, the storm will continue to bring a very large region of dangerous weather from the Central Gulf Coast, northward through the Mississippi Valley, Lower Ohio Valley and into the Upper Great Lakes. Widespread heavy rains, flash flooding and flooding are possible tonight as Cristobal moves northward through the Lower Mississippi Valley and into the Middle to Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes region Tuesday into Wednesday. Rainfall totals across these areas are expected to be 2 to 4 inches with localized totals of 6"+. In addition, severe weather with possible tornadoes and high winds are possible across these areas. To the west of Cristobal, a strong cold front will be pressing slowly eastward into the Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley tonight into Tuesday. There is the potential for widespread heavy rains, flash flooding and severe weather along this front from central Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, far eastern North Dakota into northwest Minnesota. The southern portion of the strong front moving through the Plains is not expected to have much precipitation associated with it. However, in its wake, windy conditions are likely from the Southern High Plains, westward across the Southwest and into Southern California. The combination of these high winds and low relative humidities will produced elevated to critical fire weather conditions across these areas. Temperature-wise, the widespread below average temperatures currently across the Rockies and Great Basin will push eastward behind the above mentioned strong cold front and into the Central/Northern Plains on Tuesday and into the Upper to Mid Mississippi Valley on Wednesday. Above average temperatures are expected across the Southern Plains on Tuesday and from the Lower Lakes into large portions of the Northeast Tuesday and Wednesday. Oravec Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php