Unsettled the Next Few Days...A Real Cold Blast Next Week

The clouds have moved in and will stick around the next few days. Rain chances will be with us Thursday and Friday, with a warm front slowly lifting into the area. This will provide rising temperatures on Friday, probably into the upper 60s. We'll stay mild on Saturday, but more showers are possible as a cold front rolls in from the west.

Cooler air later in the weekend...

That front will bring cooler air to the region again on Sunday, with afternoon temperatures in the mid 50s. We'll dip into the lower 30s and some 20s Monday morning, but as the upper trough kicks out to the east, temperatures will moderate Monday afternoon. However, this will be short-lived, because...

A real cold blast for mid-to-late next week...

Another trough digging across the Upper Midwest and Ohio Valley will bring a reinforcing shot of colder air by Wednesday. This will likely be the coldest air of the season so far and it may very well stay chilly through the following weekend (November 22-23). The European model upper level chart below shows the deep trough over the East Coast next Friday (November 21).