After a long hot summer (hottest on record) and a very warm fall, winter will make its first appearance this weekend. A strong low pressure that is bringing the first snow storm of the season to the country will create a deep trough over the Northeast. As this occurs the coldest air of the season will arrive on strong flow out of the northwest. This deep trough will move progressively through and will be replaced by a ridge of high pressure. This will allow temperatures to recover to seasonable levels by the middle of the short holiday work week.
A strong area of low pressure is moving through the upper Midwest. Heavy snow with blizzard conditions are affecting Northern Minnesota. A strong cold front is moving through the Mississippi River Valley with showers and some thunderstorms near the Great Lakes Region. Before the cold moved through the local area, southerly winds brought record high temperatures (74) to the Cleveland area!
On Saturday the strong front will sweep through the area during the morning hours. Overnight temperatures near sixty (60) will be the highs for the day as temperatures will fall during the day. Rain showers will arrive early and then mix and change to snow after the noon hour. Overnight the snow showers will continue with an inch or two possible for most areas with more accumulations possible in the snow belt. Sunday lake effect snow showers will continue with additional minor accumulations possible for most and several inches possible for the snow belt. The snow showers will end for most overnight Sunday; Monday will be dry. High temperatures will only reach the upper thirties (30's) for Sunday and Monday.
On Tuesday high pressure will be moving east as a storm system begins to organize over the Central Plains. Depending on the amount of return moisture and warm from the Gulf of Mexico severe weather may be possible from Kansas south to Texas. High temperatures across Northern Ohio will be in the middle forties (40's).
On Wednesday the storm system will be moving through the Mississippi River Valley region. Showers and possibly severe thunderstorms will be accompanying the cold front. Locally high temperatures will approach fifty (50) as rain overspreads the area.
