A Warm Weekend with Winter on the Prowl

It's hard to believe that it's Meteorological Winter when we start off in the low 50's for the highs, but it happened!  A warm, beautiful Friday with lots of sunshine to accompany the warmth.  Luckily, the overnight will be warmer than average as well, only dipping to the low 30's as opposed to the mid 20's.

This is actually one of the warmer starts to Meteorological Winter that we've seen in the past few years, the warmest being back in 2013 when we had 44° for our high and the coldest being in 2014 when we only had 20° for the high.




That nice, beautiful weather will be staying with us going into the weekend, hitting the low 50's again tomorrow and sunshine sticking around.  The same will occur on Sunday, except climbing to the mid 50's during the afternoon.

Once we get into the work week we'll see a low pressure system pull warmer air into our area, bringing temperatures near 60° during Monday afternoon.  Unfortunately, it'll bring some showers with it as lots of moisture will be pulled in with the warmth.

You'll want to enjoy the nice weekend while you can, because not only do we have rain to start the work week, but we've got a big taste of winter coming our way.



That same low pressure system will bring a strong cold front through our area, and the low will also occlude.  This means that the same thing is happening at all levels of the atmosphere.  Because of this, a 'wall' of cold air will be moving in, drastically dropping our temperatures towards the middle of next week.

Not only that, but the placement of a high pressure system to the southwest will allow for an orientation in the jet stream that will keep the cold coming our area.  Along with the jet taking a massive dip over the Midwest, the path of the jet stream will allow any system that comes towards us to come down from the north.  This will keep the cold air filtering through our area from the middle of the week to the end of the week.

The continuous inflow of cold air will allow for high temperatures to only get into the mid to upper 20's by the end of the week, with overnight temperatures looking to dip into the teens.

Not only that, but with this cold inflow another low pressure system will move in, and bring us our first chances for snow by the end of the week!