I hope your week has been great and staying dry.  We need the rain so bad so lets take it.  However, I think there is still sun behind the clouds but we haven’t seen it in a while, lol.  We will get a little bit of sun on Friday morning, but clouds thicken once again during the afternoon.  Showers and a few thunderstorms push in by mid evening.

Periods of showers through the overnight hours and into Saturday morning.  I do think we will dry out by Saturday afternoon.

Also, some decent rainfall amounts which we need.  Heaviest will be along and south of I-44 once again.

Our next system will push in late Monday and Tuesday.  Showers and thunderstorms especially Tuesday PM.  Some of those storms could be on the stronger side with even a low severe threat.

Check out the long range forecast below.

-Doug

Next Friday-Saturday:  Cold and mainly dry.

December 18th-24th:  A cold start to the week with snow chances on Monday and Tuesday.  Warming up late in the week but rain and snow chances return on the 23rd and Christmas Eve.

December 25th-31st:  A chilly start to the week.  The second half of the week will be mild with rain and snow chances back in for Friday and Saturday.

January 1st-7th: Mainly a cold week with rain or snow chances on Monday.  Then mainly dry the rest of the week.

January 8th-14th:  A chilly week with rain or snow chances on Wednesday and Thursday, then again slight chances by the weekend.

January 15th-21st:  Warming up at the beginning of the week.  Rain chances on Tuesday and then a cooler second half of the week.  Rain or snow chances on Friday and Saturday.

It is that time of the year when we have many days with low clouds, drizzle and fog. That is what we have see so far this week.  We do have another bout of rain rolling in on Wednesday.  Staying mainly just cloudy until Wednesday evening, then showers will get going in our southern counties.

Periods of rain continue into Thursday morning.

Once we get into Thursday afternoon, just hit and miss scattered showers.  Here is the timing of our rain chances going up.

Also rainfall amounts should be decent which we need.  Now our northern counties not as much but still some rain.

We do get a break on Friday, then our next bout on Friday night and Saturday morning.  Again, most of this rain in the southern half of the region.

And of course tracking a storm system for Monday and Tuesday with possible thunderstorms!

Here is your long range forecast below.

-Doug

Next Wednesday-Saturday:  Cold on Wednesday and Thursday.  A little warmer on Friday and Saturday with rain and even some snow chances.

December 18th-24th:  Chilly with slight chances for rain or snow on Sunday and Monday.  Warming up the second half of the week With rain chances by Christmas Eve into Christmas, possibly some snow as well.

December 25th-31st:  A chilly start to the week.  The second half of the week will be mild with rain and snow chances back in for Friday and Saturday.

January 1st-7th: Mainly a cold week with rain or snow chances on Monday.  Then mainly dry the rest of the week.

January 8th-14th:  A chilly week with rain or snow chances on Wednesday and Thursday, then again slight chances by the weekend.

January 15th-21st:  Warming up at the beginning of the week.  Rain chances on Tuesday and then a cooler second half of the week.  Rain or snow chances on Friday and Saturday.

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a fantastic weekend.

We’re watching rain chances building this week. We’ll see shower chances increase for your drive home as we head into the late afternoon and evening hours across the area, so watch out for some slick spots.

Today, we’re looking at a high right around 54°. We’ll be cloudy through the first half of the day and again, start to see increasing shower chances later this evening across the area.

Going into tonight a brief pause in the shower activity and then more shower chances through the overnight hours and into sunrise tomorrow morning. Temps drop back just a bit into the upper 40s and just hover there through the night.

The future track shows us continued rain chances through the week, beginning as we head into tomorrow morning.

Rain chances return again by late morning/early afternoon on Wednesday across the region.

By Thursday we see more widespread rain chances, some of that could be heavy at times with even a few rumbles of thunder in there.We get a break from the rain on Friday, staying mostly cloudy but dry, then as we head into the weekend we’ve got rain chances back in the forecast.

Rain will start to clear out late Monday of next week.

Your 7-day forecast is below.

Chris

7-DAY FORECAST

Good Thursday morning everyone! I hope your week is going well and remember, we’re that much closer to Friday.

Our big weather story the next couple of days is going to be the wind. It begins increasing as we head into this afternoon with gusts upwards of 30-40mph across the area.

Unfortunately, winds will continue to increase heading into Friday and by Friday afternoon, we’re looking at a Tuesday repeat with winds gusting 40-50mph maybe a bit higher in some areas, so make sure you secure that trash can and don’t inflate your Christmas inflatables.

With winds increasing this afternoon, we do have a yellow light for that drive home as those 20-30mph gusts could knock around high profile vehicles. In SEK, with gusts possibly pushing 40mph, you need to take it slow and allow yourself extra time to get where you’re going. East/West highways will be most susceptible as these winds will be out of the south.

Going through today, we’re looking at clear to mostly clear skies with highs in the upper 40s and even lower 50s for some of us.

We’ll hit an early low of 37° and by early, I mean around 9/10pm tonight. After that, with that strong south breeze, temps will begin to warm toward sunrise.

Our weekend starts cool in the lower 40s on Saturday but by Sunday we get a bit more sun in here and highs pushing the lower 50s.

We’re watching more rain chances as we head into next week as our roller coaster ride of temps continues.

Your long range forecast is below.

Chris

LONG RANGE FORECAST

Next Weekend:  Chilly with rain chances.

December 11th-17th:  Turning colder with rain or snow chances on Sunday. Another system in on Wednesday and Thursday with rain or snow chances.  Staying cool into the weekend.

December 25th-31st: Warming up at the beginning of the week then much colder for the second half of the week.  Rain and snow chances on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again for New Years Eve.

I hope the start of your week has been great so far.  Wow, what a cold front that dropped through on Tuesday.  We dropped over 20 degrees in an hour as the cold front dropped through.  The winds will start to die down and temperatures continue to drop.  Lets look at Wednesday.

Highs only into the lower 40s on Wednesday.  By Thursday, we get the southerly winds back and temperatures start to warm back up.  We will have a lot more clouds but it looks pretty good.

However, the southerly winds pick back up on Thursday.  They won’t be as strong as what we saw on Tuesday.

By Friday, we have another cold front but it pushes through mainly dry.  We could see a few pop up showers late on Friday.  A little better chances for showers with the following storm system that works in on Sunday.

Long range forecast is below.

-Doug

Next Weekend:  Chilly with rain chances.

December 4th-10th: A chilly first half of the week but warming up toward the weekend with rain chances by the weekend.

December 11th-17th:  Turning colder with rain or snow chances on Sunday. Another system in on Wednesday and Thursday with rain or snow chances.  Staying cool into the weekend.

December 25th-31st: Warming up at the beginning of the week then much colder for the second half of the week.  Rain and snow chances on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again for New Years Eve.

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend was enjoyable, albeit a bit on the cool side. We have a pretty decent Monday and even Tuesday lined up for us, but, ahead of our next system, we’re going to see winds increase with the temperatures.

Winds will increase this evening with gusts pushing 30mph by 8:00. Clouds will also begin to increase.

As we head into Tuesday, temperatures continue to climb, but so do wind gusts. Winds Tuesday could gust as high as 50mph so be sure your outdoor Christmas displays are well anchored and I would advise against inflating them.

For today, we’re heading into the lower to mid-50s for highs with mostly clear skies for the majority of the day.

We fall back into the 40s overnight, but temps slowly rise toward sunrise. Winds will continue to increase as well, with those gusts pushing 50mph early tomorrow morning.

Our next system Tuesday doesn’t do a lot for us in terms of precipitation, however, take a look at the Future Track. Temps Tuesday pushing into the lower to mid 60s and as the front passes through…Temps drop quickly in to the 20s and we only make it into the upper 30s and lower 40s on Wednesday.

We do have better chances of rain heading into the weekend.

Your long range forecast is below.

Chris

LONG RANGE FORECAST

Next Weekend:  Chilly with rain chances.

December 4th-10th: A chilly first half of the week but warming up toward the weekend with rain chances by the weekend.

December 11th-17th:  Turning colder with rain or snow chances on Sunday. Another system in on Wednesday and Thursday with rain or snow chances.  Staying cool into the weekend.

December 25th-31st: Warming up at the beginning of the week then much colder for the second half of the week.  Rain and snow chances on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again for New Years Eve.

I hope you guys had a great holiday and stayed safe.  I am sure everyone feels oh maybe 5-7lbs larger ha ha.  We have more rain rolling in for the weekend.  Lets dig in.

Scattered showers develop by early afternoon.  The heavier more persistent rains will be after 3pm.  It really picks up by evening.

Periods of rain and even a little thunder through the night.  The rain will push out of the area by Sunday morning.

Mostly cloudy skies stick around for Sunday.  Here is a rain chances graphic for you to break down the time of this system.

I also think most of us will be in the 1/2″-1″ range.

Long range forecast is below.

-Doug

Next Weekend:  Chilly with rain chances.

December 4th-10th: A chilly first half of the week but warming up toward the weekend with rain chances by the weekend.

December 11th-17th:  Turning colder with rain or snow chances on Sunday. Another system in on Wednesday and Thursday with rain or snow chances.  Staying cool into the weekend.

December 18th-24th: Warming back up the first half of the week with rain and snow chances on Thursday and Friday and turning sharply colder heading into Christmas eve.

December 25th-31st: Warming up at the beginning of the week then much colder for the second half of the week.  Rain and snow chances on Tuesday and Wednesday and then again for New Years Eve.

I hope your week has been great and hopefully you don’t have to go back to work until next Monday.  Not the case here, lol.  Rain really increasing by Thursday morning.

Now this will be light but still roads will be wet.  Rain chances will decrease during the afternoon hours.

Here is your Thanksgiving day planner for you.

Now this is just the first half of the system.  This is a slow mover because it cut-off from the main flow of the Jet Stream.

Because there is nothing to push this system along quickly, it slowly pushes through.  So the heaviest and widespread rain will occur as the Low passes by on Saturday.

So most of the rainfall will come from the second part of the system.

Long range forecast is below.

-Doug

Next Thursday-Saturday: Chilly with rain chances back in by Saturday.

I hope your week has started off great and you are ready to head into the holiday season.  We have had a nice stretch of weather the past few days.  However, we do have storm system rolling in the next few days.  It will take its time getting through here as it is a cut-off low.  Cut-off low is a system that is cut off from the main flow of the Jet Stream.  Due to this, it takes a while to get through.  Most of Wednesday will be dry, but mostly cloudy skies.

Light showers get going Wednesday evening and Wednesday night.  Majority of this will be along and south of I-44.

Scattered showers through the day on Thursday.  The better chances will be in the morning hours.  Even though these will be scattered, I think on average we get about 1/4″ of rain.  Most of the rain stays in our southern counties on Friday and most of it just south of the region.

Here is a look at rain chances the next couple of day.

Now, as the main upper level low heads toward us Friday night and Saturday, that is when most of us will get our heaviest rains.

This system will finally rotate out of here on Saturday.  Here is rain totals for the entire system from Wednesday night-Saturday night.

Rain totals look to be much heavier along and south of I-44.  Long range forecast is below.

-Doug

Next Tuesday-Saturday: Rain chances on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Cooling down the rest of the week with rain chances back in on Friday and Saturday.

Good Monday morning everyone. I know we’ve seen a pretty cold start to our Monday, despite that though, we’re upwards of 20° warmer than what we saw 24 hours ago as our temperatures continue to return to ‘normal’ for this time of year.We’re looking at plentiful sunshine today with an afternoon high in the low to mid 50s across the region.

We remain clear heading into tonight and drop back down to a chilly 34°, which is much closer to normal for us.As we head later into the week we’re looking at scattered shower and rain chances heading into Thanksgiving and Black Friday with temperatures a bit cooler hovering in the lower 50s and upper 40s. So, if you’ve got plans either day, just be aware of some rain chances and some possible slick spots on the area roads.

We clear out for the upcoming weekend and temperatures return to normal with more sunshine.

Your long range forecast is below.

Chris

LONG RANGE FORECAST

November 27th-December 3rd: Mainly a cold or chilly week.  Some rain or snow chances on Tuesday, then cold and mainly dry the rest of the week.