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DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 9-13)
\nA two-day warm-up starts this week off, but you won’t have sunshine to enjoy it with, just clouds, rain showers, and areas of fog, as a relatively humid southwesterly air flow meets a cold snow cover. But that snow cover will take a significant hit and the mild air and rain will help eliminate icy areas from side roads, walk ways, and driveways. But as a strong cold front passes by to end the brief warm spell Tuesday night, we’ll turn the snow machine back on as moisture lingers to meet the incoming cold, and a light to moderate snowfall is likely through Wednesday morning, enough to have some impact on travel. After this moves out, cold high pressure moves in for Thursday into Friday, but clouds will begin to return later Friday ahead of the next low pressure system, which we’ll discuss in the next section. Onto the details for the next 5 days first…
\nTODAY: Cloudy. Areas of fog. Rain showers arrive this morning and become widespread through afternoon. Highs 50-57. Wind S 5-15 MPH.
\nTONIGHT: Cloudy. Areas of fog. Widespread rain showers, some heavy. Lows 48-55. Wind SW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
\nTUESDAY: Cloudy. Areas of fog. Scattered rain showers. Highs 53-60. Wind SW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.
\nTUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Periods of rain, changing to sleet then snow west to east. Lows 28-35. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
\nWEDNESDAY: Cloudy with snow likely morning, accumulation a coating to 2 inches South Coast, 2-4 inches elsewhere. Mostly cloudy afternoon. Temperatures steady 28-35. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.
\nWEDNESDAY NIGHT: Clearing. Widespread icy ground. Lows 16-21. Wind NW 5-15 MPH. Wind chill near 10.
\nTHURSDAY: Sunny. Highs 28-35. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
\nTHURSDAY NIGHT: Clear. Lows 0-7 interior valleys, 8-15 elsewhere except 15-20 urban centers. Wind N under 10 MPH.
\nFRIDAY: Sunshine followed by increasing cloudiness. Highs 35-42. Wind N to NE up to 10 MPH.<\/p>\n
DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 14-18)
\nWe’ve been keeping an eye on the period around the December 14-15 weekend for several days following a potential storm for that time frame. It still looks like one will impact the area initially, but the thinking is a little different from previously. The upper air set-up should allow the initial system to be close enough for mix\/rain instead of snow, favoring December 14, with cool-down \/ dry-out for December 15. Colder air would settle in after that for the December 16-18 period and a low pressure wave coming along around December 17 could bring a mix\/snow threat. This reflects a pair of more separated systems instead of two much closer together, but there is still some uncertainty in this part of the outlook.<\/p>\n
DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 19-23)
\nWatching for potential precipitation-producing systems around December 20 and 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7:02AM DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 9-13) A two-day warm-up starts this week off, but you won’t have sunshine to enjoy it with, just clouds, rain showers, and areas of fog, as a relatively humid southwesterly air flow meets a cold snow cover. But that snow cover will take a significant hit and the mild air and … Continue reading Monday Forecast<\/span>