Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 126 AM EDT Sun Jul 05 2020 Valid 12Z Sun Jul 05 2020 - 12Z Tue Jul 07 2020 ...Severe thunderstorms remain possible over the northern Plains today... ...Showers and storms will continue across the Southeast... ...Staying warm/hot in the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes and across much of Texas... The slow-moving summer weather pattern will start to shift a bit over the northern tier for the start of the work week. A frontal boundary over the northern Plains will act as a focus for showers/rain and thunderstorms for the next couple of days. Some of the thunderstorms may become severe especially today over North and South Dakota. To the east of this system, high pressure will promote very warm temperatures from the Upper Midwest eastward into western New England and across the Midwest. Temperatures will be well into the upper 80s to low 90s. Over the Northeast, another front will bring slightly cooler than normal temperatures back into coastal areas of ME/NH/MA on Monday. Generally light showers are expected with some enhanced rain possible over Maine. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue near and south of a stationary frontal boundary across the Southeast/TN Valley. Some locally heavy rain may trigger flash flooding in some areas. Over the southern portion of Texas to the south of the frontal boundary, high temperatures are forecast to reach the upper 90s and lower 100s for the next couple of afternoons. Some record high temperatures could be approached or broken. Meanwhile, remnant Saharan dust will continue to linger across the Gulf Coast region into Florida, but is forecast slowly fade day by day. The primary impacts of the Saharan dust are hazy skies during the day, locally reduced visibility, degraded air quality, and the potential for vividly colorful sunrises and sunsets. Southwesterly flow aloft over the northwestern Nevada will support breezy conditions with low relative humidity values at the surface where the fire danger is elevated. Much of the West will remain dry but cool along the coast before the next upper-level disturbance could trigger some showers and thunderstorms across the interior Pacific Northwest with some rain near the coast on Monday. Fracasso Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php