Quiet, pleasant weather marches on...

Our extremely quiet weather week rolls on today with lots of sunshine and pleasant afternoon temperatures. Highs will be a touch cooler today than yesterday, with most Piedmont spots hitting the upper 60s to lower 70s.

Sunshine will remain a fixture in our forecast right on into the upcoming weekend. Highs tomorrow through Sunday will largely be in the 60s, with morning lows dipping into the 30s again Friday and Saturday morning.

Next week...

Our next system will emerge from the Gulf of Mexico and spread some rain into the region next work week. As of now, the timing has slowed a bit, with the best chances for rain likely occurring Tuesday into Wednesday.

Cold blast later this month??

A huge ridge will go up along the Pacific coast next week while another ridge also develops near or just west of Greenland. This will allow some pure arctic air to begin to pour into North America. As far as the US is concerned, we will likely see that cold air begin to make a southward plunge later next week.

For our region, I still think a big blast of cold will settle in later this month, and I will continue to say anytime from around the 20th into Thanksgiving week is fair game.

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Terrific Tuesday

Marvelous weather will unfold today with a sunny sky and most Piedmont highs in the lower 70s. Excellent stuff.

As a whole, the weather the rest of the week will be very quiet and very nice. Highs from tomorrow through the weekend will be a bit cooler than yesterday and today, but we are still talking 60s for highs with lots of sun.

Our next system will not arrive until Monday and Tuesday of next week, so we should remain dry through the weekend.

Next cold shot....

I am eying the period around November 20, give or take a day or two, as the time-frame for our next blast of cold air. Look like a big plunge of cold air will begin to invade the northern Plains later on next week, and that cold air should be able to surge into our region later on toward the weekend or so.

Winter Outlook....

If you have not seen it, my 2010-2011 Winter Outlook is linked at the top of the left column, and the Winter Forecast Video is docked in the right column.

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Milder afternoon temps

It was another frosty start to our day on this Monday with lows in the Piedmont in the upper 20s to lower 30s. However, some warmer afternoon temps are on the way, and highs today will top out in the mid 60s for most.

Lows tonight will still be chilly, but we should be above the frost and freeze range in most spots with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. We will continue the modifying trend in the high temp department tomorrow with highs around 70 or so under a sunny sky.

The weather right through the rest of the week and even into the weekend looks to be rather docile. We will see another area of high pressure build from eastern Canada down the eastern side of the mountains later this week, but all it will do this time around is knock our highs back down into the 60s. I still expect lots of sun through the week.

Our next significant storm system will likely not move in until Monday or even Tuesday of next week.

Tropics...

Tomas is no longer a classified system, and the Atlantic Basin is quiet today.

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