Seasonable December

Hello December and goodbye cold and snowy November! We have just closed the door on a top 10 coldest and snowiest November on record in Cleveland. That combination has led many in the region to have nightmare flashbacks of last winter and others to predict a repeat of a similar weather pattern this winter. While I will not be making predictions of the winter season in this posting I will say in the short term the weather pattern is looking nothing like last winter or the recently concluded November. A weak system is currently moving through the Ohio valley at this time. Another cold front will move through tomorrow before a more zonal weather pattern takes hold across the nation for the remainder of the forecast. This will provide a milder weather pattern for the country albeit a wet one for the West Coast.

Currently a weak system is moving through the Ohio Valley. It is producing a light wintry mix as it interacts with a cold air mass that is retreat to the north.

Wednesday temperatures will rise to near 40 ahead of the next weather system. It will push through late Wednesday with a threat of light rain. High temperatures will fall into the lower 30’s for Thursday.

Return flow out of the south will be getting establish on Friday. Temperatures will rise into the lower 40’s.

On Saturday another storm system will be moving up the Ohio Valley. It may spread light rain across the area much of the day with high temperatures remaining in the lower 40’s.

The next weak system should be tracking through the Ohio Valley on Monday. With no artic air in sight and temperatures in the 40’s, rain seems like the precipitation of choice.