Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 240 PM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024 Valid 00Z Tue Apr 23 2024 - 00Z Thu Apr 25 2024 ...Shower and thunderstorm chances stretch from the Great Plains to the Northeast over the next couple days... ...Above than average temperatures across West and Central U.S; Great Lakes experience below average temperatures mid-week... A quieter than normal period of weather is underway across the CONUS and is forecast to continue until Thursday. Tonight, scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop along a pair of cold fronts propagating through the Northern/Central Plains and Upper Midwest. Some rain showers may also occur along the SoCal coast as well. More scattered to isolated rain showers and thunderstorms will spread into the Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley, Midwest and Great Lakes on Tuesday. Two low pressure systems will consolidate and spread showers and thunderstorms across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday. Storms are also forecast to develop over parts of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley Wednesday and continue into that evening. An amplifying pattern over the eastern Pacific and Western CONUS will influence temperatures over the next couple of days. Strong southerly flow into the West/Southwest will support above average temperatures through Wednesday. Temperatures will be above average over the High Plains as well during this period. An upper trough moving through the Great Lakes on Wednesday will support below average temperatures into the Northeast through Thursday. Kebede Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php