Regional View.
A Mildly dry persistent weather pattern has been over the Upper Midwest for the past week, but it will be coming to an end. A system will bring a much colder air mass in by Friday. Rain will be likely over Wisconsin and Iowa, but it may mix with snow over Western Wisconsin late Friday, light accumulations are possible.
Local View.
Hopefully everyone has taken advantage of the very warm temps we’ve had, because it will soon come to an end. We will have one more fairly nice day Wednesday, but more clouds will be around. it will be partly sunny on Wednesday with highs still making it up to the middle 50s. Lows will be way above normal for this time of year in the low 40s to upper 30s. Thursday things will begin to make slight chances. It will be more cloudy with a chance at a few light showers. Highs this day will be in the upper 40s with lows in the mid 30s.
Fridays system is a bit more interesting. It will start off as rain early then switch to snow late. It will be much colder on Friday with highs barley making lower 40s. Rain will be likely through much of the early half of the day, then when the night closes in it may switch to snow. a light accumulation appears possible at this time, but it does not look like a sticking- type of snowfall. Friday Night lows will fall into the upper 30s light snow or flurries may linger. We do need to watch this system for any changes, if more cold air wraps in a but more accumulations as high as an inch or 2 could be possibly, but at this time, this does not look like it will be the case.
Wednesday, Partly Sunny and Mild. Highs in the mid 50s. Wednesday Night, Mostly Cloudy, lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.
Thursday, Cooler, Mostly cloudy with a chance at light rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Thursday Night, Mostly Cloudy with a better chance of rain showers late. Lows in the mid 30s
Friday, Much colder, A good of rain nearly. Then possible changing to snow late in the day. Highs in the lower to middle 40s Friday Night, Light snow or flurries. A light snow accumulation is possible. Lows in the low 30s.
Looking Ahead.
Saturday and Sunday needs to be watched closely for our area. The snowy system I talked about last forecast issue for the 12th has held back a couple of days into the weekend. It forms a s a low pressure system on the tail end of the one that will bring us rain and snow Friday. It appears to come close to the area Saturday, bringing a chance at accumulating snows to Eastern Wisconsin and the U.P. It looks like at this point it will miss the local area. Either way it still appears like this system will be the start of much colder times for us. by Monday November 16th a very cold air mass moves south, bringing with it a chance of flurries or snow showers. Highs during this time will be lucky if they break out of the 20s. then by Thursday the 18th, the model shows a strong clipper system possible dropping a few inches of snow, this system has our next chance at significant snows. Much colder air follows this system by the 20s, teens for highs look likely with lows possible dropping to the lower single digits. By the end of the model it shows a warm up by the 25th with snow chances. This is the time of year we need to keep a close eye on the extended forecasts. anything can happen!