Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 257 AM EST Tue Feb 02 2021 Valid 12Z Tue Feb 02 2021 - 12Z Thu Feb 04 2021 ...Snow over the Northeast will slowly wind down by Thursday... ...Rain and mountain snow will move from the West Coast to the Northern/Central Rockies through Wednesday... ...Areas of snow to develop across parts of the Upper Midwest on Wednesday into Thursday morning... Low pressure off the northern Mid-Atlantic Coast will move northeastward to off the Maine Coast by this evening, lifting north into the Canadian Maritimes by Thursday. Snow will continue across the Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic to northern New England. The heaviest snow will be over parts of northern New York State into northern Maine. Additionally, rain/freezing rain will develop over parts of Coastal New England today with snow ending overnight Wednesday across the Central Appalachians/Mid-Atlantic and begin to wane over the Northeast on Thursday morning. A front over the West Coast and a second front over Western Canada will move south and eastward toward the central U.S. The system will produce rain and higher elevation snow from the Pacific Northwest into Central California today with snow-levels lowering over the Northwest. Overnight, the snow will move into the Northern Rockies. The rain and snow will wind down over Central California by Wednesday morning and the Pacific Northwest and Northern California overnight Wednesday. The snow will move into the Central Rockies with rain over the Southern Rockies. Snow and rain/freezing rain will move into parts of the Northern High Plains/Northern Plains on Wednesday evening. Snow and rain will move into parts of the Central Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley overnight Wednesday. As the rain and snow move into the Upper Mississippi Valley, rain/freezing rain areas will develop on Wednesday night into Thursday. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php