Good Monday everyone and thanks for joining us. Showers and thunderstorms pushed into western parts of the state Sunday afternoon and the focus today will be across the eastern half. Heavy rains will be rather common with today’s storms and this action will be mainly during the first half of the day.

We will then turn our attention toward a powerful cold front that will blow through here later in the day Tuesday. This front will lead to a squall line of showers and storms and some of these could be strong or severe. More on that in a bit.

Here are your rain tracking radars…

Once again… the focus of the rain today will be across the eastern half of the state. I realize there will likely be a “jump zone” from the sunday rains and the stuff today. If you are in that zone… mother nature just does not like you very much. Something else to watch for will be the storms across the south this morning robbing some of the moisture streaming northward. If that happens… mother nature doesn’t like any of us.

Winds will continue to be gusty today and will really crank up as we head into Tuesday as our cold front pushes closer closer to us. A powerhouse low pressure will be working across the plains into the upper midwest over the next few days and will aid in our gusty winds. That low will bring some big snows to parts of the western half of the country. Sorry snow lovers… I just had to throw that in there. For us… a line of thunderstorms will be approaching from the west Tuesday afternoon and evening and this line can produce severe weather with damaging winds being the main threat. The NAM continues to be impressive with the line…

The precipitation totals on the right are impressive and would certainly help us out. Again… those numbers will be lower if the southern storms rob some of our moisture today.

A few notes about the extended…

– Some very Chilly air will move in here for Thursday and Friday. Highs both days will likely stay in the 50s as we set ourselves up for the possible first real freeze of the season by Friday and Saturday mornings. Lows can dip into the upper 20s for a lot of areas. The GFS likes the Cold ideas…


 
– Saturday and Sunday will see milder temps returning with highs in the 60s.

– A weak system will pass just to our north Halloween Sunday and may get just close enough for some clouds or a late day shower.

– November will start out with another big storm across the plains working eastward toward the Great Lakes and upper Ohio Valley.
This should spread more wind and rain our way as it does so and will bring another chilly shot as it moves by.

– I will have a November forecast out later this week and I highly suspect it will include some of the white stuff.

Have a great Monday and I hope you get some rain… if not… mother nature just likes putting the smack down on you. Take care.