Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 356 PM EDT Tue Oct 06 2020 Valid 00Z Wed Oct 07 2020 - 00Z Fri Oct 09 2020 ...Marginal Risk of severe weather across New England on Wednesday... ...Mainly tranquil weather pattern throughout most of the nation through Thursday, warmer temperatures in the Heartland and Rockies... ...Major Hurricane Delta to enter the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday with its eye fixed on the central Gulf Coast late week... A fairly quiet weather pattern looks to continue across the Lower 48 into late Thursday. The most active weather through mid-week resides over the northern Great Lakes and the Northeast as a storm system tracks across southeast Canada. Showers and a few thunderstorms, some of which could be severe, are expected over New England Wednesday afternoon. As the cold front traverses the region, drier conditions return to the region on Thursday along with a fresh injection of seasonally cool air into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, temperatures are likely to feel more like late summer in the central Plains and the Intermountain West. Low humidity levels and breezy winds are supporting both critical and elevated fire weather conditions over the northern Plains this afternoon. Temperatures remain warmer than normal along the West Coast on Wednesday but a cooler Pacific air-mass arrives on Thursday, causing temperatures to dip slightly below normal the second half of the week. In the tropics, all eyes are on Major Hurricane Delta as it prepares to strike the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula early Wednesday morning. Eventually the storm will enter the warm waters of the western Gulf of Mexico during later in the day on Wednesday. The forecast calls for the storm to take aim at the central Gulf Coast late Friday with a potential landfall occurring anywhere between the Upper Texas coast to the central Gulf Coast. The weather looks to cooperate the next couple of days as residents prepare for Delta's arrival aside from a few scattered showers and storms from time to time. Please visit the National Hurricane Center's homepage for the latest advisory and forecast information. Residents in the cone of uncertainty should consider making preparations and follow the advice of local officials. Mullinax Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php