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Take a look at today's video... I delve into some thoughts on the pattern as we head deeper into December. It looks pretty chaotic with lots of upper level energy and lots of separate disturbances. However, I do not see any sign of a cold pattern locking into the eastern US anytime soon.
As for the weekend, lots of mild air floods in. However, more typical December temps do look to settle in next week following an early-week cold front...
It will be a much cooler day today around the region compared to what we had earlier in the week as cool high pressure wedges in from the northeast. Today will feel more like a typical December day.
However, a very mild December weekend is on the way, and some folks could again top 70 for highs, especially Sunday.
Next week....
We will have a cold front slide through Monday or Monday night and bring some showers and maybe a storm or two. No drought-busting rains here, but the rain amounts look a little better than our previous couple of systems.
Cool sunshine will be with us mid-week next week followed by a more active storm track setting up. It looks like we will head into a period featuring a storm system every few days, which is far different than what we've had recently. The next system could roll through the following Thursday with another one several days later.
Lots of very cold air will flood the northern US, and that cold air will try to bleed southward with time. The upcoming, new pattern does not look like one that will lock any sustained cold into the Southeast. However, it does look like an interesting pattern with the active storm track and the cold air not that far away, at least relative to the upper Southeast.
We will have some spotty showers and light rain at times today as a front moves through. However, the rain will not be anything significant.
Much cooler tomorrow, then milder again this weekend.
The entire weather pattern will be much different by next week, starting with a Monday cold front. Look for a much more active storm track with lots of cold air spilling into the portions of the Lower 48 as well.
Highs again today will top 70 in many spots around the region. However, a cold front will turn us much chillier, although briefly, later this week. More warmth then returns for the weekend and early next week.
In today's video, I discuss all of that plus take a look at how the mid-month pattern for December is setting up.
Highs will top 70 in many locations around the region today and tomorrow ahead of our next cold front. Enjoy!
The cold front then slides through Wednesday with a brief shower chances, and then it will be sharply colder by Thursday with some Piedmont spots only seeing 40s for highs.
I spend a good deal of time looking an an upcoming pattern change for the second 10 days of this month in today's video....give it a look.
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