One major storm is bringing heavy snowfall to the Upper Midwest today and another major storm is impacting the western US with coastal rains and inland snows. The first storm will push quickly in an eastward direction and end up near coastal Maine by tomorrow morning. This system will drag a cold front through our area this evening and it'll become increasingly windy with a few showers during the day. Those winds will intensify tonight and Thursday following the frontal passage and can gust past 40 mph. The second major storm will head northeastward towards the Dakotas later in the week and then run into an “atmospheric roadblock” and be forced to take a turn to the southeast this weekend and head right towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline. Precipitation from this second system will probably arrive here on Saturday night and it is likely to be cold enough for ice and/or snow for at least part of this upcoming precipitation event that may last into Monday.
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One major storm is bringing heavy snowfall to parts of the Rocky Mountains and central Plains and another is about to slam into the west coast of the US. Heavy snow from the first storm continues across the Rockies and has stretched into the central Plains and it’ll make a push into the Upper Midwest on Wednesday. This same system will then head eastward and drag a strong cold front across the Mid-Atlantic/NE US tomorrow evening and the winds will become quite strong with gusts past 40 mph. The second major storm will rapidly intensify before making landfall later tonight near the California/Oregon border and it will bring heavy rain and damaging winds to coastal sections and tremendous snows to inland higher elevation locations of the Sierra Nevada mountain range where the snow will be measured in feet over the next few days. This second storm will cross the nation and arrive in the Mid-Atlantic/NE US this weekend where there will be a lot of cold air and accumulating ice and snow could be the result in interior sections.
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Two powerful weather systems will impact the nation over the next few days which includes the big travel day tomorrow and Turkey Day on Thursday. The first system is already bringing heavy snow to the Rocky Mountain States and this storm will intensify rapidly as it heads towards the Upper Midwest on Wednesday. The result will be a wide swath of significant accumulating snow from Denver to Minneapolis - just in time for Thanksgiving Day. Another storm will become a powerhouse for the west coast and it will bring significant rain and potentially damaging winds to coastal sections and heavy mountain snows measured by the foot to the Sierra Nevada. This storm will arrive tonight near the California/Oregon border and then will begin to gradually weaken as it moves inland.
In the local region, the first storm will drag a cold front through here at mid-week and we’ll likely experience very strong winds from later Wednesday into Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. The second storm will cross the country and impact us here this weekend. Enough cold air will be around to raise the possibility of ice and/or snow at the onset of the weekend precipitation event likely in the late Saturday/early Sunday time frame.
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Two big storms will impact much of the nation this week in a week that features the busiest travel day of the year and, of course, the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The first system will bring about another “Denver-to-Minneapolis” snowstorm over the next couple of days – similar to a storm back in October. This system will then drag a cold front across the Mid-Atlantic/NE US later Wednesday and the winds will become quite strong – too strong for any balloons to be used in the Thursday parade in New York City. The second storm of note will become a powerhouse system in the hours before it makes landfall later tomorrow night near the Oregon/California border region. In fact, this Pacific Storm will intensify dramatically in the 24 hours preceding landfall – perhaps to what meteorologists call “bombogenesis” levels which requires a drop of 24 millibars in a 24-hour period. This second storm will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to coastal sections of Oregon/California and tremendous snows to inland higher elevation locations such as the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The second storm will trek all the way across the nation and likely result in ice and snow for the Mid-Atlantic/NE US during the upcoming weekend.
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High pressure will take control today and we’ll start off the holiday week with a couple of dry and moderately chilly days in the Mid-Atlantic region. A strong cold front will cross the northern US over the next few days and it’ll arrive here on Wednesday. Strong, cold high pressure will build into the north-central and northeast US later this week following the passage of the cold front and this will result in a windy, cold, dry Thanksgiving Day in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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High pressure will push off the coast today and a cold front will approach the area from the northwest. Ahead of the front, temperatures will climb into the 50’s, the wind will pick up, and there can be a few showers from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. Skies will clear tonight, winds will diminish, and it’ll turn quite cold once again with overnight lows near 30 degrees. On Saturday, low pressure will form over the Tennessee Valley and head towards the central Appalachians and then a secondary system will intensify early Sunday near the Mid-Atlantic coastline. As a result, a cold soaking rain will overspread the region late in the afternoon on Saturday and continue into Sunday morning with some improvement possible late Sunday. There is an outside chance for some snow or sleet to mix in at times during this event in the normally colder suburban locations well to the north and west.
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High pressure will continue to control the weather today and tonight and then a cold front will arrive late tomorrow. Ahead of the front, temperatures tomorrow afternoon will climb to the 60 degree mark and there can be a few showers in the region. Low pressure over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday will head towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline by early Sunday morning. Rain is likely to overspread the region later Saturday and continue into early Sunday morning with improving conditions on Sunday afternoon.
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A potent wave of energy in the upper part of the atmosphere will help to form low pressure over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday morning and then it will travel to the Mid-Atlantic coastline by early Sunday. Rain is likely to break out later Saturday in the I-95 corridor and continue until early Sunday at which time drier air will begin to arrive and lead to improving conditions as the weekend winds down. There will be some cold air around for the weekend system, but the best chance for snow is likely to be confined to areas far west and north of the I-95 corridor (e.g., West Virginia to western/northern PA).
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High pressure will build into the region today and the next couple of days will feature relatively quiet weather conditions in the Mid-Atlantic. The next cold front of note will arrive at the end of the week and it could come with a few showers. Temperatures ahead of the front should climb to near 60 degrees on Friday afternoon and then drop back to the 40’s this weekend following its passage. Low pressure over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday will head towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline by early Sunday and spread some rain into the region this weekend.
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Low pressure over the western Atlantic will continue to push away from the region and the next few days will be chilly, but rather quiet with high pressure building in from the Midwest. The next cold front of note will arrive at the end of the week and it could come with a few showers. Temperatures ahead of the front will climb to near 60 degrees on Friday afternoon and then drop back to the 40’s this weekend following its passage.
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