Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 317 AM EST Mon Jan 04 2021 Valid 12Z Mon Jan 04 2021 - 12Z Wed Jan 06 2021 ...Scattered light wintry precipitation will linger over the interior Northeast as a low pressure system intensifies well offshore... ...Heavy precipitation continues to impact northern California, the Pacific Northwest and into the northern/central Rockies... ...Light snow is forecast for the northern Plains Tuesday night into Wednesday morning... A low pressure system that brought 6 to 12 inches of snow across portions of Maine will intensify and become slow-moving off the coast of New England. Interior light snow and coastal rain across the Northeast will continue to wind down today. However, some of the wintry precipitation could drift back and linger over Maine on Tuesday as the slow-moving oceanic storm edges slightly closer toward the coast. Much of the Southeast into Florida will clear out and cool down behind the trailing cold front for the next couple of days. But clouds and scattered wintry precipitation are expected to linger across the Great Lakes down into the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys into Tuesday as a weak frontal system moves across. In the West, additional rounds of heavy precipitation are expected to arrive during the next couple of days, resulting in more heavy snows in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, northern California and into the northern Rockies, while heavy rains will impact the lower elevations. Precipitation should be heaviest through tonight before the next round expected to arrive Tuesday night. A frontal system moving across the northern Rockies Monday night will bring a round of snow across the northern Rockies with gutsy winds developing over the northern High Plains behind the front. By Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, a weak low pressure system will support light snow across the northern Plains. Meanwhile, return moisture from the Gulf will begin to fuel thunderstorms across eastern Texas ahead of a cold front and a developing warm front early on Wednesday. Kong Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php