Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 249 AM EST Wed Feb 03 2021 Valid 12Z Wed Feb 03 2021 - 12Z Fri Feb 05 2021 ...Heavy snow for the U.P. of Michigan on Thursday into Friday... ...Snow for the Cascades and the Northern/Central Rockies through Friday... ...Areas of rain/freezing rain from the Upper Midwest to the Lower Great Lakes/northern Mid-Atlantic through Friday... Lingering light snow showers from the Northeast into the Central Appalachians will slowly end by Thursday morning. A weak system moving into the Pacific Northwest will dissipate by this evening. Today, the system will produce rain and higher elevation snow over the Pacific Northwest into Northern California, ending by tonight. A developing storm over the Northern Plains will move to the Upper Great Lakes by Friday. The upper-level energy east of the Northwest system will produce snow over the Northern Intermountain Region into parts of the Northern/Central Rockies today. Tonight, snow will develop over parts of the Northern Plains, with pockets of rain/freezing rain developing over portions of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Snow and rain/freezing rain areas will move into the Upper Great Lakes on Thursday morning, while rain and snow move into the Middle Mississippi Valley. Rain will develop over parts of the Lower Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio Valleys by Thursday evening. Snow, which may be heavy at times, will develop over the Upper Great Lakes overnight Thursday as snow and rain move into the Mid-Atlantic and Central Appalachians. Pockets of rain/freezing rain will also develop over parts of the Lower Great Lakes/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight Thursday into Friday morning with rain approaching the Southeast. Meanwhile, on Thursday, weak onshore flow over the Pacific Northwest will aid in producing coastal rain and higher elevation snow over parts of the Northwest, with snow developing over the Northern Rockies into the Central Rockies by Friday morning. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php