Winter Weather for Thanksgiving?

Courtesy: NCEP

It certainly will be colder! Some of our longer range computer models, like the Global model shown at left, indicate sub-freezing temperatures and a chance for snow by Thanksgiving and "Black Friday". (The image shown is valid at approximately noon on Friday, November 26th.) Even though the accuracy of long range computer models is low, the trend for colder air plunging southward from Canada later next week has been pretty consistent. So although it's tough to nail-down exact temperatures, it looks like highs will be below average by late next week. And as we transition from the mild air we are experiencing right now to the much colder air coming, a strong cold front and/or a series of surface lows will likely move across the Stateline with a chance for rain and/or snow.  --TS