Our quiet and unseasonably pleasant weather pattern will carry us straight through the weekend and to open the early part of the work week. Until Tuesday, expect a “rinse and repeat” pattern to the likes of what we’ve been enjoying the past several days. For those wrapping up final Harvest20 work or perhaps getting a jump on the exterior Christmas decorating, you couldn’t ask for better conditions.
Things will begin to change Tuesday as the first of (2) cold fronts moves through the region. Clouds will increase Monday evening and showers (perhaps even embedded thunder) will blow into town Tuesday PM into Wednesday morning.
Note “Eta” is also expected to be churning in the Gulf of Mexico at this point- at least in some shape or form. While we don’t expect impacts from what’s left of Eta up this way, our friends in the Southeast and potentially up the eastern seaboard should monitor the progress of Eta during the upcoming week.
Temperatures behind the frontal passage Wednesday will “cool” back to seasonal averages for this time of year.
As we look ahead to next weekend, another cold front will sweep through the region. Accordingly, we can expect another round of showers and thunderstorms Saturday into Sunday. It then appears as if a “pop” of colder air (lows around freezing and highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s) will flow into the region early parts of Week 2, at least briefly.
Models aren’t overly excited on rainfall numbers, locally. We’ll forecast between 0.50” and 1” falling between the two frontal passages which is in line with both the GFS and European ensemble data.
