After yesterday's, and this morning's chilly, rainy weather, conditions are finally beginning to change, with clearing cloud-cover and much colder conditions on the way. The cold-frontal passage today will cause temperatures to drop into the upper 20's tonight, with a secondary cold front passing through tomorrow which should drop temperatures even further. By Sunday, high temperatures will likely not even breach 25 across most of the area, with only a few places west of the area reaching the upper 20's. Even so, some lake-effect snow showers will also reach parts of the area from Lake Michigan, with the possibility of a few brief flurries in the afternoon Saturday and Saturday night. For next week, below-normal temperatures and dry conditions are expected for the entire week. In fact, temperatures are not even expected to exceed 36 this week, quite possibly making it one of the coldest Thanksgiving weeks that we've seen in a while.
At the same time, the weather pattern over the next few weeks does bring up some concern for the overall winter pattern; with a generally normal to below normal pattern for most of November, and the most recent examples of cold air flooding southward from Canada, I believe that this will be a foretaste of what is to come. Although I expect December to be a "roller-coaster" ride overall [possibly warmer than normal in the middle of the month when storm activity revamps], I believe that we will see a fairly wintry month compared to the last two winter seasons. It appears that the area will see at least a few clipper systems during the month, with the possibility of one or two major Ohio Valley storms [as evidenced from the major storm systems we've seen this fall in the Midwest]. This will allow for at least a normal December in regards to snowfall, precipitation and temperatures. As for the rest of the winter, it remains to be seen what will happen; at this time, it appears that December does appear to give us a gradual shift into winter [unless something drastic happens on model forecasts which convinces me that there will be a pattern-shift into a majorly cold winter season].
At the same time, the weather pattern over the next few weeks does bring up some concern for the overall winter pattern; with a generally normal to below normal pattern for most of November, and the most recent examples of cold air flooding southward from Canada, I believe that this will be a foretaste of what is to come. Although I expect December to be a "roller-coaster" ride overall [possibly warmer than normal in the middle of the month when storm activity revamps], I believe that we will see a fairly wintry month compared to the last two winter seasons. It appears that the area will see at least a few clipper systems during the month, with the possibility of one or two major Ohio Valley storms [as evidenced from the major storm systems we've seen this fall in the Midwest]. This will allow for at least a normal December in regards to snowfall, precipitation and temperatures. As for the rest of the winter, it remains to be seen what will happen; at this time, it appears that December does appear to give us a gradual shift into winter [unless something drastic happens on model forecasts which convinces me that there will be a pattern-shift into a majorly cold winter season].
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