Winter's Right Around the Corner

A fun start to the weekend with the mid 50's and sunshine hanging around a little longer after yesterday, and they'll be hanging with us tomorrow as well!! This high pressure system to the southeast has been the cause for the nice weather.  It's cleared the skies and has pulled some warm air into our area.  We can expect the same weather for Sunday, only in the upper 50's instead!

Once we get into Sunday evening, we'll see this low pressure system move towards our area.  However, our rain chances won't kick in until the overnight when the warm front pushes through our area.  This will keep overnight temperatures in the mid 40's, and set up the low 60's that we'll be seeing on Monday.  Sadly, the rain will be sticking with us through Monday.

Once we get to Monday evening, that cold front will move into our area.  This will increase our chances for some heavier showers, as well as bring us chances for some thunder.  We're not expecting any severe weather, but we may get some gusty winds when the front passes over.  However, this cold front will be doing much more than bringing chances for heavy showers.

Once we get into Tuesday morning, cold air will begin piling in behind the front.....VERY cold air.  In fact, this air will be coming from the arctic, due to a high pressure system up in Canada that'll allow the arctic air to channel down towards us.

Along with that, the low pressure system will be occluding, which means that cold air will be moving into our area at all levels of the atmosphere.  This will create a 'wall' of cold air that will keep piling on us going through the rest of the week.

The jet stream will also play a big role in the cooldown.  A high pressure system to the southwest will push the jet northward, while the low to the northeast will push it southward.  This creates a barrier that'll keep the cold air in our area, and allow any system that travels over our area to only bring in more cold air.

With all that in mind, temperatures will eventually drop into the 20's by the end of next week.  We'll get some sunshine to start the cooldown on Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs only in the 30's before hitting the upper 20's on Thursday and then the mid 20's by Friday and Saturday.

Another low will track over us by the end of the week, and bring us our first chances for snow next Friday.