Chilly airmass for now...but quickly rebounding temps...

Chilly high pressure continues to build into the region today. We will have full sunshine through the day, but it will be chilly and fairly breezy with Piedmont highs in the low to at best mid 50s.

Lows tonight will be sub-freezing for most....and many of the normally colder spots will likely dip into the upper 20s.

As the area of high pressure slides offshore, we will get into the southwest flow on the back side of the high. That means temps will rebound fairly quickly over the next few days with highs in the 60s over the weekend and into the lower 70s by Monday in many areas.

See the video for more information on the longer range...

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Cold front sliding through...

Our next cold front is pressing through the region today, and a quick-hitting band of showers will accompany it in some spots. Our highs will occur in many areas around lunchtime with slowly falling temps thereafter.

Lows tonight will wind up well down into the 30s with highs tomorrow only in the low and mid 50s. Lows Saturday morning will be sub-freezing in most spots in the region.

Temps will rebound quickly through the weekend with some highs returning to the lower 70s in some spots Monday. There is then lots of uncertainty regarding the timing of the cold front next week.....see the video for more.

Long-range...

See the video for more on this as well.....there are signs of some high-latitude blocking setting up by later next week. If that occurs, it would likely usher some big-time cold into North America later this month. When and if it would make it here remains a question mark, but the week of Thanksgiving or the week after are possibilities.

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Cold front approaching...

Ahead of our next cold front, highs today will warm into the upper 60s and lower 70s across the region. We will have a lot of sun, but clouds will begin to increase this afternoon as the front approaches.

The front will move through tomorrow with some clouds but very little, if any, in the way of rain.

Much colder air will arrive behind the front with highs in the low and mid 50s at best Friday with a sunny sky. Lows Saturday morning will likely dip below 30 in many locations.

A quick rebound in temps will then occur as we get into early next week with highs well into the 60s again by Sunday and Monday.

Sean...

Sean transitioned from a subtropical storm to a tropical storm, meaning it now has all of the normal characteristics of a tropical system. It is getting picked up by our approaching trough and will head northeast through the north Atlantic.

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Great weather the next couple of days...

After a chilly start with 30s and 40s for lows this morning, highs will warm into the lower 70s for many across the region today. Highs will be similar tomorrow, albeit a degree or two cooler in many spots.

It was an active severe weather day yesterday across Oklahoma and Texas, and more severe weather is likely today a little farther east from eastern Texas into the Ozarks and the Lower Mississippi Valley.

The main dynamics with that system will head toward the Great Lakes, so there will not be a lot of the support or moisture needed for rain by the time the front makes it here Thursday. We might have a brief, passing shower in a few spots, but the main story with the front will be another sharp temperature change.

Behind the front, highs will struggle to make it into the low and mid 50s Friday with lows by Saturday morning likely below 30 in a number of spots.

Sean....

Subtropical Storm Sean has formed from the low pressure that is meandering between Bermuda and the Bahamas. While some heavy rains from this could get pulled northward into parts of the Northeast later this week, the actual system should get picked up by our late-week trough and turned out to sea.

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