Rain Approaches, Cold Air returns This Weekend

As high pressure continues to shift East, temperatures will go up a few more degrees today but clouds will be on increase and another rainmaker will be approaching. This doesn't come with any severe weather or thunderstorms. This will be a light rain event but it appears to come in late Wednesday night prolonging into Thursday and Friday end early Saturday morning. Could be a few flurries associated with this system as it departs early Saturday morning. General precipitation totals will range between 0.50"-0.75". Temperatures climb into the low 50s for Thursday and Friday but some big time arctic chill is headed our way. We could be looking at high temperature readings that fail to get above freezing on Sunday. At the moment the high looks to be anywhere from 26°-29°. If this happens here's some things to know about it:

1. This is 19°-22° below the normal high of 48° for November 24th.
2. High will be 3°-6° below the normal low of 32°.
3. It will either be the coldest high in 277 days (Feb 20-27°) OR coldest high in 281 days (Feb 16-26°).
4. Additionally, it will either be the coldest high for November since 28° on Nov. 25, 2005 OR coldest high for November since Nov. 21, 2000.
5. It will NOT set a record for lowest (coldest) high temperature for November 24th which is currently held by November 24, 1950 when the high went down at 9°.
6. It will be the 36°-39° below the record high of 65° set in 1973.
7. If we manage to reach atleast 30° it will then be the coldest in 267 days instead. The high was 30 on March 2nd.

Beyond this we could see some wintry precipitation Monday night into Tuesday. Earliest snow totals coming in at a half inch. Won't count out a few flurries for Wednesday. Thanksgiving Thursday at the moment is looking dry at the moment w/ some clouds and plenty of sunshine. More details to come and along with some Thanksgiving climatology. At this distance, Temps might stay below 40° all of next week! From a climatological standpoint, the earliest the normal high is below 40° for 7 consecutive days is December 13th-19th. Overall through the winter, the average high is below 40° from December 13th-February 13th w/ the peak of winter occurring during the month of January.


Here's my updated outlook for the rest of the month.

SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 17	NOVEMBER 18	NOVEMBER 19	NOVEMBER 20	NOVEMBER 21	NOVEMBER 22	NOVEMBER 23
OBSERVED Thunderstorms Heavy Rain/Winds Low Visibility/Fog HIGH: 66 LOW:  48 Precip: 2.48R Normals 52°/35° Sunrise 7:32am Sunset 5:27pm	OBSERVED 90% Sunshine 10% Cloud Coverage HIGH: 50 LOW:  32 Precip: NONE Normals 51°/34° Sunrise 7:33am Sunset 5:26pm	OBSERVED 60% Sunshine 40% Cloud Coverage HIGH: 43 LOW:  28 Precip: NONE Normals 51°/34° Sunrise 7:33am Sunset 5:26pm	AM Sun Gives Way To PM Clouds PM Rain (Late) AM LOW:  30 PM HIGH: 47 Normals 50°/33° Sunrise 7:35am Sunset 5:25pm	Cloudy With Showers Likely AM LOW:  40 PM HIGH: 52 Normals 49°/33° Sunrise 7:36am Sunset 5:25pm	Cloudy With Showers Likely AM LOW:  48 PM HIGH: 53 Normals 49°/33° Sunrise 7:37am Sunset 5:24pm	AM Flurries? Partly Sunny Not As Warm AM LOW:  29 PM HIGH: 39 Normals 48°/32° Sunrise 7:38am Sunset 5:23pm
NOVEMBER 24	NOVEMBER 25	NOVEMBER 26	NOVEMBER 27	THANKSGIVING	NOVEMBER 29	NOVEMBER 30
Sunny Skies Coldest High Since March 2nd AM LOW:  18 PM HIGH: 27 Normals 48°/32° Sunrise 7:40am Sunset 5:23pm	AM Sun Gives Way To PM Clouds PM Wintry Mix? AM LOW:  20 PM HIGH: 36 Normals 47°/31° Sunrise 7:41am Sunset 5:22pm	Cloudy w/ a Chance for Snow Minor Accum. AM LOW:  28 PM HIGH: 36 Normals 47°/31° Sunrise 7:42am Sunset 5:22pm	Partly Sunny Chance of Flurries? Colder AM LOW:  22 PM HIGH: 32 Normals 46°/31° Sunrise 7:43am Sunset 5:22pm	Mostly Sunny Nice Day But Cold AM LOW:  17 PM HIGH: 33 Normals 46°/30° Sunrise 7:44am Sunset 5:21pm	Partly Sunny A Tad Warmer AM LOW:  19 PM HIGH: 38 Normals 45°/30° Sunrise 7:45am Sunset 5:21pm	Partly Sunny Clouds Build PM Rain/Snow Mix? (LATE?) AM LOW:  23 PM HIGH: 39 Normals 45°/29° Sunrise 7:46am Sunset 5:21pm