060 FXUS01 KWBC 131916 PMDSPD Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 315 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026 Valid 00Z Thu May 14 2026 - 00Z Sat May 16 2026 ...Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Northern Rockies into the Great Basin through Thursday morning... ...There is a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central Plains on Thursday into Friday... ...Mixed precipitation for the Northern Intermountain Region overnight Thursday... A frontal boundary stretching across the Great Basin/Rockies will bring chances for showers and thunderstorms across the area, with a chance for high elevation snow/mixed precipitation across the Intermountain West into the Rockies through Thursday morning. Storm Prediction Center (SPC) continues to highlight parts of Great Basin into Northern Rockies with a Slight Risk (level 2/5) for severe thunderstorms into early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, across eastern U.S. a exiting surface low and frontal system will bring chances for showers and thunderstorms across the Mid-Atlantic into Northeast through Thursday. A shortwave trough will prolong some lingering showers over the Northeast into early Friday. Across central U.S., a frontal boundary will push eastward across the Plains into the Mississippi Valley through Thursday. Deep Gulf moisture will pool along the frontal boundary and southerly flow will develop ahead of the front. This will support the development of showers and thunderstorms across parts of the central/southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley/Upper Midwest and Ohio Valley. SPC has issued a Slight Risk (level 2/5) for severe thunderstorms across parts of Kansas and a Marginal Risk for parts of the Plains into Mid-Mississippi Valley for Thursday afternoon into Friday. Additional hazards associated with this storm will be strong wind gusts, hail, and a slight chance for tornadoes. The front will continue to slowly advance eastward into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley by Friday, bringing some additional showers and thunderstorms across the area. The severe weather threat will continue across parts of the Kansas and Missouri into Saturday morning. The upper-level ridge across western and central U.S. will keep temperatures well above average across the area through the remainder of the week. Areas across the Plains will see highs ranging 15-25 degrees above normal. As the ridge moves eastward, the below normal temperatures across eastern U.S. will transition to above seasonal by the weekend. Oudit Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php $$