Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Chilly rain - pattern shift on the horizon

Hope your week is off to a good start. The weather we are having right now is more typical of our winter months (Dec - Jan), not early November. Our normal high falls to the low 40s around Christmas time, so it's for sure out of place.

Total rainfall through Wednesday won't be much. There isn't much of a storm to track - this is more of a cloudy, damp pattern that persists long enough to get some measurable precipitation, but amounts will be very light. I think rainfall totals will come in under .25" and snowfall will be even lower, likely just trace amounts.

Did you see this from Nebraska Monday morning? This was I-80 near Kearney - grassy areas covered for a bit, but since the ground is still plenty of warm (around 40°), it didn't survive the afternoon temperatures.

Pattern Shift: This is coming into better view for later in the week. It's going to warm back above normal by the weekend and our second full week of November looks quite a bit warmer AND dry. It's nature just balancing things out really.


Cold air reloads for mid-late November, which means we may have some very chilly weather for early Thanksgiving travel. And it may be quite chilly around the holiday itself. Here's a map with . It's quite possible we will have another cold snap for any early Thanksgiving travel. 

Have a great day.

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