Monday, December 12, 2011

Weather pattern could get a little more active next two weeks

The next weather system forecast to move in looks to bring mild, but wet, weather into the Great Lakes towards the middle of this week.  As with previous systems, it appears as though we'll remain on the warm side of the next low forecast to move north from the southern Plains and pulling in a decent amount of gulf moisture with it.  Precipitation may start as early as Tuesday evening as a warm front lifts through Illinois.  With temperatures Tuesday night close to freezing the precipitation may start off as a mix before changing to all rain Wednesday.  With the amount of moisture expected to be pulled north, it's possible close to an inch of rainfall may be seen; the majority of it falling Wednesday into Wednesday evening.  A few showers may be leftover Thursday morning before colder air moves in Thursday afternoon.

After that system the weather will quiet down until early next week when another system looks to develop late Sunday into Monday.  Again, it looks like we'll stay on the warmer side resulting in mainly rain.  That system clears out by the middle of next week only to be followed by another one which could move in around December 22nd.  While it's not great, we may be able to squeeze a little snow out of it by the end of next week.  The chance of that looks low, however, so I wouldn't get too excited just yet.

1 comment:

  1. Oh no...I will have to keep an eye on this. I will be traveling to Chicago on Dec 23 and I don't want to go in the snow! Maybe you can fix up a better forecast tomorrow. :P

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