Severe weather followed by colder weather !

A strong and complex weather system is forecast to impact the area beginning late this afternoon and tonight. The strongest storms, which could produce isolated tornadoes and heavy rain will arrive in the area between 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM. Please keep up with the weather especially late this afternoon and tonight. After the front passes early Tuesday morning temps the rain will end rather quickly but there may be a few lingering sprinkls early. Temps will gradually fall and be in the 40s by Tuesday afternoon. Cool, dry weather will prevail for most of the rest of the week. Rex

Rain arrives on schedule-colder for the weekend !

The slow moving Arctic front has finally passed through the area this morning and we have lingering rain behind it. The rain should slowly taper off this afternoon, if not before and we should see clearing skies tonight with temps dipping slightly below freezing. Saturday and Sunday promises to be sunny with highs around 61 on Saturday and in the mid 60s on Sunday. Lows Sunday morning will be in the lower 30s. Another round of rain and possible thunderstorms are expected Monday into Tuesday before another round of colder air moves in by Wednesday and Thursday of next week. That air is expected to be colder with the next system. Have a great weekend ! Rex

Happy Thanksgiving !!!

A strong cold front is currently moving our way and will finally arrive sometime early Friday morning. Rain will be with the front but I think most of the day today will be dry with only a 30% chance for a shower or two. This is the kind of front that produces most of it's rain BEHIND it ! For folks going shopping early Friday morning, you may need and umbrella and a jacket as temps will struggle to make it to the mid 50s all day. Clearing and much colder weather is forecast for Friday night with lows around 31. Saturday and Sunday look sunny with highs on Saturday in the upper 50s and lows around freezing Saturday night -early Sunday morning. Highs on Sunday will rebound to the upper 60s. Another strong front will approach our area Monday and Tuesday followed by colder air again. We may not see temps reach the 80s again for the rest of the year. Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving !!!!!Rex

Cold front arrives Thanksgiving evening.

Although temps will be well above normal during the day on Thanksgiving, a strong cold front is forecast to move through resulting in much cooler weather late Thursday and into Friday. Friday is a huge shopping day and at this time it looks cloudy and chilly with a chance for rain showers. Highs that day are forecast to be in the 50s while on Thanksgiving day they will reach the lower 80s. The weekend still looks to have cool days and cold nights with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s. Rex

Too warm for this time of year-but things will change !

The average temp for the area this time of year is for a high in the upper 60s and lows in the 40s. We are going to be well above that this week with highs in the upper 70s and even low 80s on Thanksgiving day! But hang on, by late Thursday night we are expecting a strong cold front to arrive followed by much colder air on Black Friday into the weekend-as a matter of fact, we should return to below normal. Highs on Friday are expected to only reach the 50s and lows for the weekend will be near or below freezing. Highs on Saturday and Sunday will be in the 60s. Rex

Nice weekend at hand BUT big changes coming in our weather !

The weekend is shaping up to be very nice with partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 70s and lows around 50-52. As we get towards the end of next week there will be a shot at some showers on Wednesday and Thanksgiving day. The big changes are expected after that as several shots of cold Arctic air are forecast to blast into the eastern and southern portions of our nation beginning late November into early December. These blasts of cold air could bring us the potential for a hard freeze but it is just a tad to early to tell at this time how cold it will get. I will keep you posted ! Rex

Nice weather expected to last for about a week.

Cool nights and mild days are on tap for about the next week before another system moves this way during Thanksgiving week. At this point, Turkey Day may infact be a turkey, weatherwise, as most models are forecasting rain then followed by somewaht colder air, but it still remains unclear on just how cold it will get. The real cold air that may bring us our first good freeze appears poised to drop into the deep south around the first week of December! Rex