Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 412 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2020 Valid 00Z Fri Jun 12 2020 - 00Z Sun Jun 14 2020 ...There is a slight risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic... ...Elevated to critical fire threat continues over the Great Basin and Southern Plains... A large area of high pressure will provide fine weather and cooler than normal temperatures for much of the Great Plains eastward to the Appalachians. A long the leading edge the cooler air is a front moving south and eastward out of Central Canada moving across the Northeast settling over the Mid-Atlantic westward to another boundary over over the Northern High Plains by Friday. The system will produce showers and thunderstorms over the Great Lakes on Thursday evening. The front will trigger scattered showers over parts of the Northeast on Friday. Moisture pooling a long a quasi-stationary front a long the East Coast will aid in producing showers and thunderstorms over the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast coast. The WPC has issued a slight risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the Southern Mid-Atlantic. Heavy rain associated with the showers and thunderstorms will produce mainly scattered areas of flash flooding over parts of Northern/Southern Carolina on Thursday evening into Friday morning. Over the Pacific Northwest an deep upper-level trough will gradually move onshore across the region producing rain and isolated highest elevation snow through Saturday. Dry thunderstorms over parts of the Great Basin and the Southern Rockies/Southern High Plains a long with low humidity and windy conditions will aid in producing conditions that favor wildfires over the region through Friday. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php