A potent cold front will wreak havoc across the eastern half of the nation from tomorrow into Thursday with potential damaging wind gusts and even isolated tornadoes. An intensifying low pressure system will help to strengthen a low-level jet on Tuesday afternoon and evening as a strong cold front pushes into the Mississippi and Tennessee Valley regions. The result will be a high likelihood of damaging wind gusts and even isolated tornadoes. This same powerful low-level jet will translate to the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday and strong wind gusts of up to 50 mph will be a threat on Wednesday ahead of the front and also on Thursday following its passage.
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High pressure will be in control of the weather today providing us with partial sunshine, but then the weather gets unsettled again during the next couple of days. A strong cold front will bring us the chance of showers and thunderstorms from Tuesday into Wednesday and then it’ll turn noticeably cooler and windy on Thursday following the passage of the front.
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High pressure will remain close enough in proximity today to provide us with a dry Turkey Day although clouds will be on the increase. Showers will become quite likely this evening and the threat will remain on Friday and Friday night as well. A follow-up disturbance can renew the threat for showers around here on Saturday afternoon and then clearing, cooler conditions are likely to return on Sunday.
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After a very mild start to the month of November in much of the eastern half of the nation, the weather has been primarily colder-than-normal during the last ten days or so. In fact, numerous low temperature records were set last week and earlier this week in what was an unusually widespread and severe cold air outbreak across much of the nation. Looking ahead, it looks like it’ll be seasonal or even warmer-than-normal in the central and eastern in coming days as we close out the month of November. Numerous signs, however, point to the return of a colder-than-normal weather pattern during the month of December. probably with sustained cold reaching the eastern US after the 7th or 8th.
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Today will be a nice travel day in the Tennessee Valley with plenty of sunshine, but Thanksgiving Day can feature some shower activity in the region. Temperatures will remain mild for the next few days with highs likely in the 60’s.
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The week started off very cold for this time of year, but moderation begins today and temperatures should climb back into the 60’s at mid-week. A trough of low pressure will try to organized later in the week in the eastern US and this could result in some shower activity around here on Thursday, Turkey Day, and Friday as it turns cooler.
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The week starts off on the chilly side, but there will be a moderation in temperatures by mid-week and in time for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. A weak disturbance can bring some showers to the next during the next 24 hours or so.
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The overall weather pattern will remain quite cold in the Tennessee Valley through the upcoming weekend. In fact, this unusual chill down is quite widespread across the nation with below-normal temperatures virtually extending from coast-to-coast. A reinforcing cold air mass has arrived here and today’s temperatures will be nearly twenty degrees below-normal for this time of year.
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Temperatures across the nation this morning averaged out to an impressive reading of nearly 12 degrees (F) below-normal for mid-November and no state in the Lower 48 escaped the colder-than-normal chill. The first widespread snow event of the season took place late yesterday in the interior, higher elevation locations of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US with half of foot of snow recorded in some areas. The next few days will feature a “Great Lakes snow-making machine” that will be turned on in full force and the result may be several feet of snow in some downstream locations such as Buffalo and Watertown in western New York. The nationwide cold will continue right through the upcoming weekend.
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The overall weather pattern will remain quite cold in the Tennessee Valley through the work week and also right through the upcoming weekend. In fact, this unusual chill down is quite widespread with below-normal temperatures virtually extending from coast-to-coast. A reinforcing cold air mass will arrive here tonight and Thursday with the lowest temperatures of the season so far for the northern part of Alabama.
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