Good Saturday, everyone. We continue with more in the way of nice weather, but another case of the ugly stuff isn’t too far away from us. In the longer run, it continues to look like Old Man Winter tries to wake up as we head into the middle and end of the month. You hear that, Christmas lovers? 🙂
We have a series of upper level systems rolling our way in the days ahead. One system moves in late Sunday into Monday with an increase in clouds and chilly showers…
Two more systems follow that up with more clouds and chilly showers. Highs for much of next week are stuck in the 40s. As I said… there’s some ugly in that.
A bigger system tries to develop next weekend as our pattern starts to change. It’s a change that should take us into much more of a winter looking setup. Here’s the initial storm that tries to change things up…
The GFS has another system following that up a few days later…
And a few days after that…
Moral of the GFS weather story… It has no shortage of winter weather threats after next week. Is it right in showing the potential for such events? Time will tell, but the story it’s telling matches up nicely with what the Ensembles have been showing for the past several days.
I will try to update later today, but may not be able to until late tonight. Regardless… make it a great Saturday and take care.
I hope we get a pattern change soon; it isn’t even winter yet and every where you go, people are ranting and raving over ” there will be no winter this year, ‘hot El Nino’, and ‘global warming'” Again, I am not on here to debate for or against “global warming”; I am just reporting on the complaining I am hearing. Like this super short article from MSN that takes one new weather record and people blow it out of proportion:http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/116-year-old-record-falls-in-buffalo-in-absence-of-1st-snow/ar-AAg21cj?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=HPCDHP
I know you shouldn’t read anything on MSN, but you have to read weather articles no matter where you see them:)
Thanks Chris. I will take your thoughts against the majority of other meteorologists any day. Are you perfect with your foescasts? No, but you are darn sure closer with your “thoughts” than most of them, even looking down the road. Appreciate all the time and effort you put into your forecasts and this blog, as one of the many things you do. As for other weather opinions, well, each is entitled to his/her own, and more power to them. As for me, I’m going to enjoy the weather today, and depend on CB and Kentuckyweathercenter to keep me informed about the weather stuff ahead! Have a wonderful Saturday everyone!
I’m ready for a little winter ugly. Tis the season.
Thanks Chris, for all the work you put in. And for sticking your neck out to make some predictions. It’s all fun.
So looking for to the mid-month pattern flip that you’ve been talking about for weeks now Chris! Fun times ahead!
Rodger says it’s always nice to see “ducks on the pond” but it is the GFS so the necessary grain of salt is in order here. Bring on the wintery mischief! Rodger in Dodger
Thanks CB! For December, great pigskin weather. Go WKU Hilltoppers 🙂 .
I second that WKU football one of the most fun football teams to watch. C-USA champions!!!
It could be worse, we could be in Buffalo and breaking a 116 year-old record for latest snowfall of the season after having what, record amounts last year or the year before. Extreme is the new normal and that’s our reality now in a nut shell.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/116-year-old-record-falls-in-buffalo-in-absence-of-1st-snow/ar-AAg21cj?ocid=mailsignout
I’m not a fan of winter weather.I never have been and I never will be.I’m just being honest with you guys.I hope that weather doesn’t ruin my plans for attending the home highschool basketball games.that’s all I’m saying.