Good Monday, everyone. We have another cold front dropping into the region tonight and this will bring one more blast of wind as colder air filters in for the next few days. This cold air won’t have a long shelf life as things turn pretty darn nice by the end of the week into the start of the weekend. Thanksgiving week continues to look busy with a few storm systems rolling our way and I’m still watching to see if we can sneak out some winter weather with one of those.

Temps out there today range from the upper 40s and low 50s north and east to the middle and upper 50s in the west. As the next front moves in, it doesn’t have any moisture with it, but it may still spit out some gusty winds. There’s a shot at 40mph gusts for some across central and eastern Kentucky. Here’s the Hi Res NAM…

Highs behind this for Tuesday look to stay in the 40s for many…

Wind chills will make it feel like the 30s for most of the day. There’s still an outside chance for a snow flurry to show up across the east on a strong northwest wind flow.

Wednesday’s temps look similar, but you can already see the recovery underway in the west…

Highs in the 60s look good for the end of the week into the weekend as we hang on to dry skies.

Before we get into Thanksgiving week, let’s talk about another historic hurricane. Iota is a beast as it heads toward Central America…

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This looks to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall…

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This is the first time in recorded history for November to produce 2 major hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin. Just… Wow!

Back here in our part of the world, it’s all eyes on Thanksgiving week and what’s likely to be a very active storm setup. It’s one that should throw, at least, a few systems our way. The question is… Can we get some winter weather out of the setup? The short answer is… Yes, but it’s far from a certainty.

The EURO continues to be much colder with the first system from Sunday into Monday and has some backlash flakes around here. It also brings a weaker system in here with some rain and snow getting close to western Kentucky before diminishing Wednesday…

The GFS brings this out in two different systems and doesn’t see as much cold behind it…

After a Thanksgiving Day break, it sees a third system for Black Friday…

The Canadian has a similar take, but is colder than the GFS…

It’s certainly an interesting setup for the big holiday week ahead and one that will be fun to track in the coming days.

I’ll throw you guys another update later today. Have a good one and take care.