Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 230 AM EST Sat Mar 06 2021 Valid 12Z Sat Mar 06 2021 - 12Z Mon Mar 08 2021 ...Rain and thunderstorms over parts of the Southeast through Sunday, while rain and mountain snow develop over parts the Northwest and parts of California through Monday... ...Elevated fire weather conditions over portions of the High Plains on Saturday... ...Lake effect snow downwind from the Lower Great Lakes on Saturday into Sunday evening... A front over the Southeast into the Gulf of Mexico will move southeastward across the Florida Peninsula by Sunday morning. The system will produce rain and thunderstorms over parts of the Central Gulf Coast into parts of Florida on Saturday. The rain and thunderstorms will move southward over the Florida Peninsula through Sunday morning. Meanwhile, a deep upper-level low over Southeastern Canada will steer upper-level energy over the Lower Great Lakes through Sunday. The cold air will flow over the Lower Great Lakes, producing lake effect snow downwind from Lake Erie and Ontario late Friday into Sunday evening. Light snow will also develop over the Green Mountains and Adirondacks through Sunday morning. A front over the Northern Intermountain Region southward to Southern California will move eastward to the Upper Great Lakes while stretching westward to the Great Basin by Monday. A second front will move to the West Coast and dissipate by Sunday afternoon. The systems will produce rain and higher elevation snow over parts of the Pacific Northwest into Northern/Central California on Saturday morning. The precipitation ends over California by late Saturday afternoon. The snow will move into the Northern Rockies also by Saturday evening. The rain and snow will end over most of the Northwest by late Sunday night. As the first front crosses the Rockies Saturday morning, warm and breezy conditions will develop ahead of it, leading to an enhanced fire weather risk over portions of the High Plains through Saturday. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted an Elevated Risk of fire weather east of the Front Range in Colorado and farther north into Wyoming, Nebraska, and South Dakota, with Red Flag Warnings in effect for those areas. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php