Thanksgiving Travel Forecast: Wet for Much of the East
A change in the weather pattern is going to bring a good chance of precipitation to much of the southeast starting just as people are heading out to their Thanksgiving destinations, and continuing through the first weekend in December. First, however we will enjoy pleasant weather through Wednesday, when an approaching cold front could bring half an inch of rain to North Georgia before it passes over late Thursday or Friday morning.
If you’re traveling to the Midwest, there’s a chance of showers, while thunderstorms are in order for Alabama and Mississippi. There’s a small chance of rain in Florida and the Carolinas. And, travel could be complicated along the line of an approaching cold front, which should be affecting a line between Oklahoma and Ohio during the early travel period. There will be rain in front of the front, and snow behind it. Here’s a map of expected weather conditions around the country on Thursday morning:
Once the front passes through, it should be fairly quiet in the Southeast US through the first part of the weekend. The big difference is that instead of the upper level air flow being dry out of the northwest, it will come from the southeast, allowing gulf moisture and higher dewpoints than we’ve seen for the past few weeks. That will give the next front something to work with when it comes through on Sunday.
There are additional chances for rain in the Southeast, with the GFS model calling for a low pressure system to bring rain from Tuesday the 27th through Thursday the 29th, and another storm the first weekend in December.
Even if all the precipitation comes through as promised, we’ll still have less than normal rain for November. So far this month, Atlanta has had only .14 inches of rainfall. Here in Lawrenceville, I’ve recorded .36 inches. That’s a long way from the 4.1 inches we would expect for the entire month.
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