Milder, brighter conditions by this afternoon...

Here is today's edition of the video. In it, I talk about some nice weather the next couple of days, our next system, what the weekend holds, and some long-range ideas.



The persistent wedge that has been in the foothills and the piedmont the last few days will finally erode today and give way to a lot of afternoon sunshine across the region. Along with the sun will some milder temps.....a lot of lower 60s likely for highs.

Our next system is already beginning to move from the Desert Southwest to the Texas Gulf Coast region, and that system will spread rain back into our region by later Thursday. The period of heaviest rain for the Carolinas looks to be Thursday night into Friday morning, and a few thunderstorms could possibly be involved.

At this point, I think the severe weather threat is quite low in the Carolinas, but there could be some severe weather with this one in Texas today and tonight, southeast Texas and Louisiana tomorrow and tomorrow night, and Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana Thursday.

The weekend ahead looks cool and fairly quiet, although another system dropping through stands a decent chance of bringing a quick shot of mountain snow Saturday night or so.

Long range....

I talk about this a good bit in the video. At this point, I see no signs of a truly blockbuster pattern for the Southeast US if you are looking for Winter weather. However, I do think that as we head into February, the pattern will at times favor some west coast ridging and eastern US troughing. But even that is not set in stone. Still working on these ideas....