Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 340 AM EDT Mon Oct 21 2024 Valid 12Z Mon Oct 21 2024 - 12Z Wed Oct 23 2024 ...Lingering scattered thunderstorm activity for the Central/Southern Plains today... ...Cool and rainy across the Northwest today... ...Well above average temperatures in the northern tier spreads south... A previously quasi-stationary front draped along the Central/Southern High Plains will kick out into the Great Plains today beneath a weakening upper-level low. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will occur over portions of eastern Nebraska and Kansas as a result with a Marginal Risk of Severe Thunderstorms present. A somewhat slow moving upper trough over the eastern Pacific will produce cool temperatures and light rain showers for much of the Northwest today. An upper ridge and approaching northern stream trough will generate well above average temperatures across much of the northern tier states today. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s will represent 20-30 degree positive anomalies for portions of the Upper Midwest. High temperature records along the Northeast Coast may be tied or broken today. Kebede Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php