November is no stranger to cold, you expect it to turn cold and snowy, especially the further north you are and the further into the month you go. However, the level of cold drilling south over the Central and interior East US is very impressive. We’re not even mid way through November and we’re talking January level cold and 20-30 below normal widely from Montana to Great Lakes all the way to North Texas.
While the core of cold drives south down the Plains, we’re closely watching low pressure running up the East Coast which could produce significant snow from Texas to New England.
Here’s the setup.
The arctic push comes in two waves. The first is driving south today, the next arrives late weekend into the early new week.
This morning.
Record cold possible across the Plains tomorrow morning. A very cold stretch for the next week across much of the Lower 48 but this should just about do it so far as records go. pic.twitter.com/61PQfPLwLV
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) November 9, 2018
Minimums this morning @NDAWNmesonet stations. Quite cold for so early in the season in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. @NWSGlasgow @NWSBismarck pic.twitter.com/qSjwhOvbWy
— Daryl Ritchison (@DarylRitchison) November 9, 2018
This cold air ain't kidding. Record lows for the date are being smashed, as single numbers and low teens extend far and wide across the Plains/Midwest/Great Lakes #kswx #mowx #iawx #newx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/nqzJxGWaM3
— Greg Postel (@GregPostel) November 10, 2018
We broke a record from 1926 this morning! It's going to be a cold Saturday across mid-Missouri. I'll have the latest forecast on KOMU 8 News Today from 9-10AM. #MidMoWx #MoWx pic.twitter.com/6wiJEDMoev
— Matt Beckwith (@KOMUMatt) November 10, 2018
RECORD COLD: It's unusually cold this morning. Record low temperatures were reached in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. It's a match in Waterloo. #kwwlwx #iawx pic.twitter.com/BCR58As8l6
— KWWL Storm Track 7 (@KWWLStormTrack7) November 10, 2018
From WeatherNation.
Record-breaking cold temperatures were found across many central United States cities on both Friday and Saturday. Temperatures drop off quickly Friday night, setting records across states like Kansas and Nebraska.
The mercury continued to drop on Saturday morning, setting records in many of the same communities. Kansas City, Missouri broke their record low temperature for Saturday, November 10th by ten degrees! The average low for Kansas City in early November is usually in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Snow also fell in many Midwest communities over the last couple of days. Several cities in Illinois and neighboring Missouri set snowfall records on Friday, November 9th.
Lake-effect snow piled up downwind of Lake Superior. Several communities in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and north central Wisconsin received 12 inches or more of snow.
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The next wave arrives on the rear of a deepening low that could become a Nor’easter to begin next week.
The early arctic outbreak is accompanied by an early lake-effect snow event too.
Snow at Council Meeting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/S9Fv6kYOam
— Jürgen Sauter (@UFP_StarFleet) November 9, 2018
As the arctic air reaches the Gulf Coast at the beginning of the new week, low pressure develops and rides the eastern flank of the trough and could bring a significant, perhaps record snowfall up through the Appalachians.
Gfs has heavy rain and gales up the coastal plain but perhaps 1-2ft snows in the mountains to the west.
Once the system departs, record cold likely sweeps into New England mid next week.
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