Looking across our region today, clouds are moving in from the southeast. These clouds are associated with a developing area of low pressure off the Carolina coast. This storm is the one that I mentioned a while back that could be a nuissance for Thanksgiving. But thanks to a rather strong area of high pressure overhead, the storm will be kept to our south. The only thing that we will have to deal with is the clouds.
Sadly though, even as we get rid of the clouds from the offshore storm, more clouds will move in from the west and keep our skies mostly cloudy for Tuesday and Wednesday. Looking back to our west there is a weak surface feature that is causing nothing but a cover of clouds that stretch from Canada to Texas. This feature (and associated clouds) will be here for Tuesday and Wednesday.
As for what is going to happen with the storm that is forming off of the Carolina’s, it will stay away from our region. The area of high pressure we have been under will keep the storm to our south. Again the only effects we feel from the storm are clouds and a constant northeasterly fetch off the water. As our high pressure system pushes to the east, it will prevent the storm from moving out into the Atlantic, so it is possible that the storm will sit and spin somewhere between Bermuda and the East Coast for a couple days. But again, just clouds and a northeast wind direction. Eventually this northeast wind direction will effect our temperatures; keeping them a little bit cooler than they would be otherwise. Most likely for the day on Wednesday.
Thanksgiving Day will be great!!!! Will be a wonderful day to go catch a High School football game and then go home and enjoy some turkey. Skies will be partly cloudy and temperatures will be in the low 50s. Can’t get any better……..well it could snow right?
Black Friday looks even better than Thanksgiving Day Thursday. Highs around 55 with partly cloudy skies. Is this the last week of November?
This weekend though looks a little questionable. There will be a system moving in from the west. This will spark off some showers and snow showers for our region. The upper level energy with this system could be quite potent meaning that some of the snow showers could really be snow squalls. Time frame looks like it could be late Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. Will have to watch this develop moving forward. I know I wouldn’t mind a good snow squall.
7 Day Forecast
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Highs clouds from low pressure off the Carolina’s is invading our atmosphere. Cloud cover will prevent it from getting as cold as the last couple of nights have been. Overnight lows around 30. Northeast winds 0-5 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. An extremely weak surface feature that is currently only producing clouds will move in from the west. Afternoon highs in the upper 40s to near 50. Northeast winds at 5-10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Consistent northeast winds will hold our temperatures down. Highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 10-15 mph.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 50s. North winds 10-15 mph.
Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs around 55.
Saturday: Becoming mostly cloudy. An upper level piece of energy and a cold front are moving through giving us a chance of a rain/snow shower or possible a snow squall. Temperatures reach into the low 50s before the cold front moves through.
Sunday: Isolated snow shower or squall. Much colder. Quite windy…..some gusts as high as 40 mph. Highs in the low 40s.
-Chris
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