Good evening, everyone. Rain continues to increase across the region tonight and that will take us into the start of the Christmas Weekend. I have no changes to my thoughts about how the weekend plays out, but I wanted to drop by for some quick thoughts on next week.

The models continue to show the return of a cold pattern beginning late Wednesday into Thursday. The European Model looks a little too amped up with this storm system…

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It unleashes a deep trough with cold air taking over the eastern half of the country…

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Snow showers are the end result in that setup by late Thursday and Friday…

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The GFS isn’t as impressed with the actual system late Wednesday…

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The truth likely lies in between those two model runs for Wednesday and Thursday.

The GFS still likes the cold air and snow showers late Thursday and Friday…

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The GFS continues to follow that up as we head into New Year’s Eve and Day

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Is that the beginning of another cold pattern across the country? That’s looking more and more like the case. Check out the coast to coast cold taking over into the first week of January. The Canadian Ensembles 5 day temperature departure in Celsius…

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I leave you with your radar to track the rains…

See you guys later tonight. Take care.