Good Sunday, everyone. The weekend is wrapping up with another chilly day on tap for the commonwealth. This chill looks to become the norm as we roll into the full week ahead of us. Could this be a sign of things to come for the winter? One signal is strongly suggesting that to be the case.

More on that in a bit. Let’s talk about the short term forecast to start things out.

Our day is starting off with patchy frost for those areas that wake up with clear skies. Regardless of clouds or not to start, things turn partly sunny as the day wears on. Highs today will only be in the 50s.

Our next system rolls in later Monday into Tuesday. That will throw some showers back into parts of the bluegrass state. This system then cranks up into a nor’easter by the middle of the week…

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Most of the rainy impact from that storm will likely stay to our east, but the wind and chilly temps will make their presence felt. Temps continue to average well below normal…

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If that storm can manage to throw clouds or showers our way on those days… high temps could struggle to get to 50 degrees.

As you know, I have been keeping close eye on the amount of snow cover building up across the Northern Hemisphere. Many studies show an expansive October snow cover(especially across Eurasia)  leads to increased blocking during the winter months. That’s exactly what you want for cold air to dominate the pattern around here and across much of the eastern part of the country.

Snow cover is off to the races across the northern hemisphere, especially in Eurasia…

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I’ve been looking back through the years to find years that had as much snow cover through this same point and there aren’t many. It would appear this year is running very close with those infamous years from the late 1970s. Those produced some of the harshest winters ever around here.

Snow cover is just one thing to take into consideration, but it’s a pretty big one to look at. As always, we shall see how the rest of fall rolls in that department before getting too excited.

Have a great day and take care.