Change Back to Colder Weather...

After a couple of mild weather days, we have seen a drastic turn back to colder weather here in the Carolinas. As the cold air advected in today, we had very windy conditions with wind gusts over 30mph in the Piedmont and over 50mph up in the mountains.

Upslope snows have kicked in in the mountains as expected, and those northwest facing areas near the Tennessee border could pick up 1-3" before all is said and done. Although, the snow is very dry and the wind is still blowing, so the accumulation has not been very efficient.

We will have a chilly Friday with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s in spite of lots of sunshine. It will also be rather breezy again Friday afternoon, but the wind will not be as significant as what we saw today.

I get into more details in the video, but we will get pretty mild mid-week with highs well up into the 60s...maybe even some lower 70s Wednesday afternoon. Then, my feeling is a cold front swing through late Thanksgiving or Friday, bringing us some rain followed by much chillier air the weekend following Thanksgiving.

I will note the European model continues to be much slower the the progression of the trough next week, but I do not think that solution is the right one right now. That is a classic European model error...hanging too much energy back in the Southwest.

I also want to mention how fantastic the fall foliage has been the past several days here in the Piedmont. Honestly, this is some of the best color I have seen around here in a long time. Funny how nature works...you would think the color show would not be very good with the serious drought conditions, but that is not the case at all. The color is great....just later than usual.