Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Early Look at Thanksgiving Weather

Rain has been plentiful and mild weather has been common...so what lurks around the corner for Thanksgiving week?

                                     (GFS model showing storms and rain for Tuesday evening)

                   (European model is slower with the rain and brings it in early Wednesday morning)


Well, all of the long range computer models suggest a very active weather pattern ahead, one of which, that will provide numerous opportunities for rain and thunderstorms.  Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning look to be very wet (2"+ of rain possible).  An upper level disturbance will sweep in from the west early next week and carry a surface low pressure system with it.   As these two features work together with a cold front, we'll see a lot of green and yellow on the radar screen.  There are even some indications that a couple storms could be severe...but we'll save that discussion for a future blog post this weekend, if need be.

What I'm trying to say is that during one of the most busiest air travel days of the year there will be airport delays, especially if you're traveling north and east of Little Rock.  If you have relatives visiting from the west coast or connecting to Dallas you shouldn't worry about weather delays.

                                     (Preview of the Thanksgiving forecast in Central Arkansas)

When you're craving out the Thanksgiving turkey and enjoying the football game half asleep on the couch, we'll have blue skies and lots of sunshine outside.  Temperatures are still hard to pinpoint at this hour, but they appear mild near 60 degrees.

Black Friday morning looks chilly...as always...with thermometers in the 40's.  Otherwise we'll see a good amount of sunshine through the day as temperatures get to the 60's again.

There you go. That's a sneak peak at the weather for a very busy Thanksgiving week.  Enjoy the holiday everyone.

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