Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1252 AM EDT Sun Nov 02 2025 Valid 12Z Sun Nov 02 2025 - 12Z Tue Nov 04 2025 ...Unsettled weather to persist across the Northwest and Rockies into Sunday, with strong winds likely in Montana... ...Temperatures to moderate across the Plains/Midwest/Virginia/North Carolina after a frosty/freezing start on Sunday... The general flow pattern becomes increasingly zonal, or west-to east oriented, with time which will lead to milder/more seasonable conditions across the Plains, Midwest, and portions of the Appalachians by Tuesday. The system helping to usher in this milder pattern from the Plains eastward is producing unsettled weather from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies, as a cold front and an accompanying plume of moisture move onshore. High Wind Warnings remain in effect for portions of Montana on Sunday due to this system. A brief period of drier, more settled weather is expected by late Sunday, before another system brings precipitation back into the region Monday into Tuesday. Well-above normal temperatures are expected across the Southwest and Great Basin, to the south of the front. The combination of wind and dryness is expected to lead to elevated fire weather conditions on Sunday across portions of the High Plains of Montana (where red flag warnings are in effect), Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska and the southern High Plains on Monday. The downsloped winds also brings warmth, which could lead to record highs on Sunday in and near eastern Colorado. Ahead of the front, high pressure and dry conditions will dominate much of the central and eastern U.S., where temperatures will moderate Sunday after a frosty/freezing start across the portions of the Midwest, Plains, North Carolina, and southeast Virginia. The Pacific cold front is forecast to move steadily eastward, bringing rain to the Great Lakes region late Sunday into early Monday, before advancing into the Northeast by late Monday. To the south, a slow-moving upper-level system will continue to bring showers and occasional thunderstorms to the Cumberland Plateau and Southeast on Sunday and then spread rain up portions of the Mid-Atlantic coast on Monday morning before moisture from the system is tapped by the incoming Pacific front across New York and New England late Monday. In the wake of the front's passage, some showers with snow at higher elevations are expected across the northern Appalachians early on Tuesday. Roth Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php