A Wet And Windy Wednesday

Good Wednesday to one and all. The monster storm in the plains continues to lift northward and is bringing a lot of rain and high winds to our region. Once this passes through here, we start to focus on more of a wintry looking pattern for the final few weeks of November and early into December.

Today’s wind is going to steal the weather show with gusts topping out at 40mph or greater. Heavy rain producing showers and thunderstorms weep eastward through the day. Many areas pick up 1″-2″ of rain before all is said and done. Track away…

Thursday and Friday see a seasonal chill blowing back in here. Highs Thursday reach the 50s with skies becoming partly sunny. Upper 20s and low 30s start a Friday that ends with highs in the upper 40s and low 50s.

Our weekend taste of winter is still on track. A cold front dives in here from the northwest early Saturday. This front will bring very windy weather with it as temps crash behind it. We’re also likely to see a band of light rain and snow showers along and behind the front…

If we end up seeing some flakes from this… it shouldn’t be anything more than just that. Still, it would be the first of the season and there’s always something magical about seeing flakes flying.

Temps will be in the low and mid 40s ahead of the front and then crash through the 40s once it goes through. Temps will be in the upper 20s by Saturday evening. Wind chills may reach the teens at times late Saturday evening…

Holy smokes that’s some cold stuff just to our north! Ouch.

Highs on Sunday will struggle to get out of the 30s across the entire region.

A seasonal chill carries us into the first half of Thanksgiving week, but it’s looking more and more like a big storm system may impact the long holiday weekend…

That’s going to be something to keep a very close eye on as we roll forward. Also watch the first week of December for a possible big system. The signal is there.

I will have another update later today. Enjoy your wet and windy Wednesday and take care.