Good evening, folks. Clouds continue to thicken as a cold front rolls into the region from the northwest. This brings rain to kick off the Thanksgiving week, with a few flakes likely to fly right behind this front. This continues to be part of an overall pattern that is STRONGLY skewing colder.
I have a lot to talk about, so let’s get busy!
A shower or two will try to show up this evening in the north and west. Here’s your regional radar to find the drops…
A chilly rain then moves in overnight and Monday as our front enters the state. Monday just looks like a damp and dreary day across our region.
Colder northwest winds then kick in behind this for Tuesday. Northwesterly winds in the wintertime tend to produce clouds and light precipitation across our region. That light precipitation may very well be in the form of flurries and light snow showers.
The models are even trying to spit out a rooftop coating in a few spots…
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Highs on Tuesday stay in the 30s, but a wind chill may stay in the 20s for many.
Wednesday looks good for travelers as temps bounce back into the upper 40s to low 50s. A big blast of arctic air heads toward the northeastern part of the country late Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day. This will make for an absolutely frigid Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. For us, we get a glancing blow of the cold.
Highs on Thanksgiving Day may struggle to 40 in the northeastern Ky to the 50s west…
Temps look cold for Black Friday shoppers hitting the stores late on Thanksgiving evening. Readings may be in the upper 20s and low 30s by this time…
Clouds will quickly increase on Friday as rain rolls in late in the day. That’s from a storm system moving in, bringing another soaker into Saturday…
The nest system coming behind that later Monday and Tuesday is likely to unleash more winter weather behind it…
It’s a loaded winter pattern for the end of November into December. Buckle up, kiddos.
Enjoy the rest of your day and take care.
Sounds like a busy 10-14 day period for local meteorologists.
Sounds like a plan! Thanks Chris! Have a good evening ll
Nothing will be a surprise for us because we have the bestest weather man in the country that keeps us well informed. Thank you Mr. Bailey !
It was a really nice day in Valley Station…hit 60 degrees at my house. Got some much needed yard work done today.
Agreed. Very pleasant in SW Jefferson County today.
I hope Chris knows something the Charleston NWS service doesn’t. They have temps climbing from the mid 40’s Tuesday up to near 60 by Sunday and not a single night below 32.
The AO and NAO oscillations are tanking!
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/ao.shtml
Though, it takes a bit before we realize the cold from blocking….let’s just hope the blocking by December is not so strong that it squashs the southern jet like last January!