Mild temperatures leading up to Thanksgiving Day will give way to much colder conditions for the long holiday weekend.
Temperatures across the region early next week are likely to be on the mild side, with daytime highs running in the low to mid 50s and nighttime temperatures in the 30s. A potent trough of low pressure will shift into the Great Lakes region on or about Thanksgiving Day and park over the New England states late next week. The result will be a pattern change and much colder temperatures in east-central Ohio over the long holiday weekend.
Daytime temperatures next weekend may get no higher than the upper 30s or low 40s. And, overnight temperatures could run in the mid-20s through the same period.
Of course, many of us wonder about snow when temperatures turn cold like this. It’s also a big travel period, both for visiting friends and family as well as holiday shopping.
Currently, there are no big snowstorms or large impactful low pressure systems showing up on any of the models for next week. There can be some rain at times on Tuesday night and Wednesday while temperatures are still mild.
Since the Great Lakes are still open, lake effect snow showers could bring some snow showers this far south through the extended holiday weekend, depending on the wind direction and speed. That’s a bigger concern for folks who live in the snowbelt regions.
Although this colder-than-normal pattern appears to stick around as we change the calendar to December, it doesn’t look to stick around much more than the first handful of days. The latest temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center indicates some moderation in the central and eastern parts of Ohio for next month.
That doesn’t mean it will be warm by any stretch of the imagination. Average December temperatures run 46°/30° on the first, dropping to 38°/23° on the 31st at New Phila.
