776 FXUS01 KWBC 052017 PMDSPD Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 400 PM EDT Sun Apr 05 2026 Valid 00Z Mon Apr 06 2026 - 00Z Wed Apr 08 2026 ...Showers and thunderstorms could bring isolated flooding concerns across southern Texas Sunday afternoon... ...The east-central section of Florida Peninsula will see increasing chance of heavy rain through the next couple of days... As a cold front steadily pushes through the East Coast this Easter Sunday, showers and thunderstorms ahead of the front will progressively move off the coast into the Atlantic this evening. Meanwhile, southern Texas could see isolated flooding concerns for the remainder of this afternoon near the tail end of the cold front. The front will take extra time to move across the Sunshine State and then become slow-moving on Tuesday as it reaches southern Florida. The combination of high pressure systems sliding off the East Coast and a subtropical low pressure wave forecast to develop well east of Florida will support a persistent easterly flow from the Atlantic toward the Florida Peninsula. Showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous across the Florida Peninsula during the next couple of days with some concern of flash flooding over the east-central section. Farther north, a weather pattern will favor cold air intrusions from Canada into the northern tier states as the new week begins. Some lake-enhanced rain-snow mix can be expected downwind from the lower Great Lakes into this evening behind the low pressure system exiting New England. Meanwhile, a clipper system ahead of a reinforcing surge of cold air from Canada will move across the Great Lakes on Monday, bringing a around of snow showers, gusty winds, and falling temperatures across the upper Great Lakes on Monday, and rain showers or wintry mix across the lower Great Lakes into Tuesday morning. The clipper could begin to deepen as it reaches coastal New England during the day on Tuesday. A swath of light snow and snow showers is forecast across northern New England, while rain showers with gusty winds can be expected near the coast. A strong high pressure system coming down from Canada will bring below freezing daytime temperatures for the northern Plains to the upper Midwest on Monday and into northern New England on Tuesday. The tightened pressure gradient between the high pressure system and a low pressure wave developing in the central High Plains will promote gusty winds and low relative humidity, raising fire weather concerns over the next couple of days across the central and southern High Plains. Meanwhile, dry and milder/warmer than normal conditions will prevail across the western U.S. By Tuesday, a cold front is forecast to dip into the Pacific Northwest with rain changing to snow possible later on Tuesday across northwestern Montana with windy conditions. Some rain/snow mix could be developing across Iowa on Tuesday well ahead of a warm front. Across the southern Rockies, a disturbance is forecast to bring rain showers from Monday night into Tuesday. Some monsoonal type showers and embedded thunderstorms could extend further into the central to northern Rockies later on Tuesday. Meanwhile, near to slightly below normal temperatures are forecast for the eastern U.S. through the next couple of days. Kong Graphics available at https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php $$