Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 231 PM EDT Wed Oct 14 2020 Valid 00Z Thu Oct 15 2020 - 00Z Sat Oct 17 2020 ...Much cooler temperatures pushing into the Upper Mississippi Valley, Central to Southern Plains Thursday and into the eastern U.S. Friday and Saturday... ...Much above average temperatures will persist from the Southwest into California along a continued fire weather threat... ..Relatively dry pattern across the nation for the next two days. Increasingly wet from New England to the coastal Mid-Atlantic and across the Northern Rockies late Friday... A surface frontal boundary lying from the Upper Mississippi Valley into the Central Plains Wednesday afternoon will be pushing quickly south into the Southern Plains and eastward into the Great Lakes tonight. This front will bring much cooler temperatures to much of the middle part of the nation Thursday with high temperatures 20 to 30 degrees cooler Thursday from the Upper Mississippi Valley and into the Central to Southern Plains compared to high temperatures Wednesday. This strong front will continue to push eastward Thursday into the eastern U.S. bringing much cooler temperatures to points east of the Mississippi river Friday into Saturday. No let up to the above average temperature pattern from the Southwest into California for the end of the week and continuing into the weekend. These hot temperatures, low relative humidities and gusty winds will keep the fire weather threat high across much of California for the end of this week. The overall weather pattern across the nation is a relatively dry one for the next two days. The strong front moving south and east from the mid section of the nation will have generally light precipitation amounts associated with it into Friday. By the end of Friday, this front may begin to produce more significant wet weather from the coastal Mid-Atlantic, northward into New England as an area of low pressure develops along this front. Increasing chances of precipitation late Friday also for the Northern Rockies into the Northern High Plains with snows possible for the far northern Montana Rockies. Oravec Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php