Extended outlooks are more general in nature than the daily short term forecasts. Beyond a week, there is often significant uncertainty in the location and intensity of specific weather events. I will note where there is less, or greater, confidence than normal in these extended outlooks.
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Here is the latest short term weather forecast.
- No big snowstorms impacting travel for Thanksgiving week.
- Some lake effect snows Monday night and Tuesday, and possibly Thursday night / Friday.
- Several storms impact the West with heavy rains and gusty winds.
- Several pulses of high winds over the Northern Rockies on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (28th).
- Cooler than average in the East; warmer than average in the West.
Outlook for Saturday 20 November – Wednesday 24 November:
— Storm develops over the western Great Lakes Sunday evening and moves up the St. Lawrence valley by Monday night.
— Rain, some heavy, in the Northeast Sunday night and Monday.
— Lake effect snows develop over Michigan Monday, then move east to Monday night and Tuesday morning.
— Rain and mountain snows for the Pacific Northwest Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning.
— In general, warmer than normal over the Southern Plains, the Rockies and the Southwest. Cooler than normal over much of the East.
Outlook for Thanksgiving Day 25 November – Sunday 28 November:
— Rain develops Wednesday night and Thursday over east TX and the lower Mississippi River Valley.
— Pacific storms Thursday and Saturday. CA now looks to stay mostly dry.
— Still uncertainty with regards to the Thanksgiving TX low. But the mid- and deep-South and lower Ohio River Valley should be prepared for unsettled conditions late Thanksgiving week and weekend.
— Possibility of a clipper-like low bringing light snow to the upper Midwest Saturday and Sunday.
— Similar temperature pattern as described earlier: Cooler than average over the East, warmer than average over the West.
