Highlights:
- Arctic air begins to moderate
- Next storm system arrives late Thanksgiving
- Another punch of cold air next weekend
Before we discuss what lies ahead, let’s look back at yesterday’s snow event that “overachieved” for many. Particularly just northwest of the city where 2″-4″ fell. Snowfall rates were heavy enough to overcome the initially warm surface temperatures, and it was very impressive to see the way the snow accumulated considering this was a November event that took place from late morning into the early afternoon (when the sun angle does the majority of it’s work). This was an impressive first snow of the season and this morning’s snowpack is widespread throughout the Mid West.
The visible satellite this morning shows the snow cover across the central and northern portions of the state, where single digits and teens were common.
The next few days will feature dry and cold conditions. While we’ll remain below average, temperatures will slowly begin to moderate from the arctic intrusion of today.
We’ll get into a SW (milder air flow) regime for a brief period of time Thanksgiving Day out ahead of our next storm system that will move in Thanksgiving Night and Black Friday. Clouds will increase and moisture will spread into the region during the aforementioned time period. Most of the rain will fall Friday, so plan on taking the rain gear with you as you venture out to begin that Christmas shopping.
Much colder air will pour into the region Thanksgiving weekend and we’ll have to maintain a close eye on the evolution of things late next weekend into early December. Models will continue to waiver on specific solutions over the next few days, but there will be an attempt of a southern stream storm system coming out and “attacking” the cold air in place…