November sure has opened wild across the Lower 48 with the biggest rains in 6 months for San Francisco, up to 32 inches of snow falls in Colorado while the Eastern Seaboard enjoys day after day of record warmth stretching from South Florida to New England.

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Today’s setup.

850mb temp anomalies.

Impressive thermal gradient. Note the band of heavy rain and thunderstorms along the boundary. Isolated severe weather quite possible.

Monarch Pass, CO.

Flagstaff, AZ turned into a winter wonderland in recent days.

First snows of the season for Salt Lake City.

Even lake effect snow off Tahoe.

Cold start this morning thanks to clear skies and fresh snow cover.

Butte, MT received a fresh 5 inch snowfall and this morning the thermometer plunged to 6 degrees.

8 inches of fresh snow for Flagstaff, AZ.

Temp anomaly yesterday.

Month to date.

Record highs set in New York State yesterday.

Check out the huge division in temperature as of 5am this morning.

Temps as of early PM. Records already broken for some including 80 at Roanoke, VA, 74 at NY’s Central Park, 71 Bridgeport, CT.

Records tumbling up and down the East Coast this afternoon.

Surface setup for early today according to the GFS. Front nudging through the Appalachians is soon to cut the summer-like heat in the East.

Cooler, drier NW flow means less warm tomorrow for New England and Northeast.

Big temp drops over the Plains as front sweeps through.

FLORIDA HEAT WAVE

The warmth covering the East Coast is impressive but it’s Florida where it’s most impressive as we’re seeing the warmest open to a November on record for every Florida recording station except one, Pensacola. Several cities have experienced their warmest November day on record.

The record November heat wave continues for Florida where day and night has resembled July and not autumn’s final month.

See video for a glance at the longer range.

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