Good Friday, everyone. We’re rolling into the weekend on a pleasant note across the bluegrass state. Today’s nice weather will soon be replaced by a blast of winter that can deliver the first flakes of the season to many in our region.
A potent storm zips into the Ohio Valley later tonight into Saturday. This will bring an early season snowstorm to the northern Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. For us, it means a big temperature plunge and rain or snow showers working through here…
That’s from the GFS and shows a decent chance at the first flakes for many areas. That’s still not a given, but the odds are many of us see, at least, some flakes at some point. The GFS still tries to coat a rooftop…
Yea, I’m not too geeked up about much sticking. But, temps do crash quickly during the afternoon and evening. Check out this drop…
Wind chills Saturday night and Sunday morning drop into the low and mid teens. Actual high temps on Sunday will run in the 30s.
Thanksgiving week starts dry and seasonally chilly through Wednesday. This looks to change by the end of the week as a slow-moving storm develops in the plains and rides eastward. The models are really having a tough time with this because they’re seeing some kind of tropical of hybrid type storm developing well off the east coast. Depending on how they handle that, or if it’s even real, has a direct impact on the progress of the plains storm. Think of it as the Atlantic system throwing up a stop sign.
Regardless… I think a slow-moving disruptive storm is possible for much of the country…
We will have to wait and see how that plays out exactly, and in what form it takes.
I will have another update later today. Take care.
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Now, we are entering the same pattern from the prior two winters with the blocking just like we had earlier this winter. The million dollar question is this: Will the blocking greatly reduce the influence of the El Nino charged southern jet or help to fuse block buster storms?
So far, the southern jet hasn’t been as active as I would have thought for November as we have yet to see the storm train set up that usually starts from November through March during strong El Nino years. Usually by now, one storm after another would be tracking from California to the Deep South.
We could have a blockbuster snowstorm This thanksgiving weekend
Is that a new phrase for this winter…”possibe disruptive storm”
I’m afraid we’re gonna have a dud of a winter. Everybody is showing us to have above normal temps and dry winter. Snowdome back?
No and no