Good Friday and welcome to another great, but boring, weather day. This is often a slow time of the year for all of us weather nuts. That’s certainly the case this week and we have a few more days of this. The next few weeks look entirely different as our pattern takes on the look of something a month or two from now.
A big storm will develop across the plains states early in the week and head toward the Great Lakes. That system will drag a strong cold front into the region by Wednesday…
Showers and storms will be along and ahead of the front… the only question on that will be the timing of when it pushes through. If we can get a wave of low pressure to develop along the front, it would slow it down just a bit and give us more heavy rain.
Regardless… there is a lot of cold air poised to dump in behind this system…
The pattern continues to show more and more signs of blocking and that will likely unleash very cold air into the country over the next few weeks. This is a very strong signal for cold…
The map above is from the European Model. The GFS is singing a similar frozen tune heading into the final week of the month…
Some interesting times may be ahead of us toward the end of October into early November. 😉
Have a great Friday and take care.
This weather has been nice–cool in the morning; pleasant in the afternoon. I like these maps though–I’m ready for a good frost!
Heading to The Big House next weekend to watch Michigan and Indiana. Hoping to not have to wear a heavy coat…….
Thanks, Chris. Going to enjoy this nice weather as long as we have it. Seems like the seasons are in a bit of a hurry now, as opposed to the spring when it seems like it took forever before warm and pretty weather finally got here. I am wondering what that will all mean for the upcoming winter months. And I never got an answer to my wooly worm question. So, fellow weather weenies, (a term of endearment) here it is:
Do the colors you see on the wooly worms in different areas project what can be expected for that particular area, or what? The biggest majority of the ones we have seen here are all solid black, but I have seen some pictures posted on Chris’ twitter that are showing black on the ends and brown in the middle and black on both ends and kind of a black/brown mix in the middle. what say you all? Have a GREAT Friday, and enjoy the weather while we have it! Thanks again, Chris, for all you do.
Wooly worms mean nothing. They can’t predict the winter ahead of us, let alone a particular location. It’s simply a myth. http://tinyurl.com/phekvev (the URL is way too long and wont let me post it)
they sound like some meteorologists lol
At least the high school games tonight and the college matchups on Sat will have very nice wx conditions.
Looks like that may not be the case for pigskin next week! 😉
I’m glad it’s getting cooler. What is “very cold air” in that map though? Below freezing for highs?
Wow, I can’t recall the last time we had a streak of beautiful, clear blue skies, calm winds, and nice temps that aren’t too hot or too cool. I’ve been enjoying this soo much. Can’t get any better than this. It looks like the frost potential was delayed from end of Sep. to end of Oct.
How good is accuweather at there winter outlook because they have us below normal snowfall and severe weather for ky?