From record cold to this....

This Kansas weather lately has been so wacky that if you aren't checking the weather on a daily basis, it really can catch you by surprise. A temperature change of 40-50 degrees in less than 24 hours is maybe too much for most of us.

Just look at the record lows from Tuesday morning (and there may be a few more added as official numbers trickle in):

Single digit lows in November don't happen that often... for Wichita, the last one was back in 2014.

This is how November has gone so far:

Much of the country is experiencing colder than normal temperatures to this date in November, but this map will look quite a bit different when we get through the rest of the month.

Heads up on winds & wind chills into Wednesday morning - 

We are advertising a warming trend, but Wednesday morning will start off with gusty south winds and that means it will feel quite cold at the beginning of the day. We are expecting many areas to drop into single digits and teens on wind chills between 4 and 7 a.m. Wednesday. Those winds can be quite helpful sometimes in bringing in milder air. However, at 7 o'clock in the morning, it will cut right through you this time of year.

Goodbye Arctic air! 

We are seeing the bitter cold push on to the east and while the East coast deals with it for the next few days, we will see our numbers coming back up. This will be the last of the Arctic air for weeks to come. It won't be back before Thanksgiving and we may not see much of it between now and Christmas.

Here are your average temperatures for next week - our 3rd full week of the month:

And a sneak peek into Thanksgiving week suggests no Arctic blasts either.

I am expecting our temperatures will be near normal with mostly lows in the 20s and highs a mix of 50s and some 60s. The second half of this month should be pretty manageable. We do need rain - but there's no sign of it in the next 12-14 days.

Just a heads up! Our winter forecast is just over a week away: