Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 359 PM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 Valid 00Z Wed Oct 29 2025 - 00Z Fri Oct 31 2025 ...There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central/Western Gulf Coast on Tuesday... ...Light snow over parts of the northern Cascades, and Northern Rockies overnight Tuesday into Wednesday... Low pressure off the Carolina Coast lingers over the area through Wednesday evening. The system produces rain over parts of the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast through Wednesday evening. In addition, a front over the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley will move eastward to the Southeast and absorbs the low off the Carolina Coast by Thursday. Moisture streaming off the Gulf will aid in producing showers and severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central/Western Gulf Coast on Tuesday evening. Therefore, the SPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central/Western Gulf Coast through Wednesday morning. The hazards associated with these thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a few tornadoes. As the front moves eastward, rain will move into the Ohio Valley and the Central/Southern Appalachians on early Wednesday. Rain will also expand into the Lower Great Lakes and parts of the Northeast by Thursday. Meanwhile, a front moves onshore over the Pacific Northwest overnight Tuesday, traveling to the Upper Mississippi Valley, Central Plains, and Central Rockies by Thursday evening. Light rain will develop over the Pacific Northwest Coast by Tuesday evening. As the energy crosses the Cascades, light snow will develop over the highest-elevations of the Northern Cascades and Northern Rockies. Most of the precipitation ends overnight Wednesday over the Northwestern part of the country. Early Thursday, light rain will start over parts of the Northern Plains and move into the Upper Mississippi Valley by Thursday evening. Ziegenfelder Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php