Moderating Temperatures By Midweek

But First..... Snow?

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Can you believe it's already that time of year again? Yup, Thanksgiving week is here. As it looks right now, there won't be any flies in the ointment travel-wise this week... at least in the Northeast. Chilly weekend temperatures will begin to moderate by Wednesday as a warm front approaches from the west. Turkey Day looks to be cloudy and mild with showers possible as colder air drains in behind a storm system passing to our north.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We could see some flakes around these parts early tomorrow morning. No, it's not from a storm system, but rather ocean effect snow. As a weak disturbance slides off the coast to our south (which is currently giving Pennsylvania its first widespread snow of the season), it will help to spawn an ocean storm in the Atlantic. Uh-oh! Well, not so fast. This storm won't be impacting our region.... but rather, the pressure gradient between the storm to our southeast and an area of high pressure to our north will give us northeast winds over the warmer Atlantic. This NE fetch may pick up some moisture and deposit it as snow along NE Massachusetts, especially close to the coast. We'll be keeping an eye on this possibility through the overnight.

After a possible brush with the white stuff tomorrow, Tuesday will remain cool and cloudy with a leftover sprinkle/flurry possible early, followed by the aforementioned warm-up on Wednesday. As it stands right now, no travel or airport delays anticipated, aside from those long security check points that us meteorologists can't take the blame for!

Hurricane/Cyclone Sidr Update:

So far, 2,000 have been confirmed dead from last week's category 4 storm that slammed into Bangladesh. That death toll could rise up to 10,000. Hundreds of Thousands of people have been displaced from the storm, with many now homeless. Read up on it here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html

And now for the forecast.

Lowell Regional Forecast

Tonight: High thin clouds, lowering and thickening towards morning. Chance of flurries late. Low 27.

Monday: Cloudy with a chance of light snow/flurries early. Light rain showers possible midday. High 40. Little snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy. A lingering flurry possible. Low 28.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. High near 41.

Tuesday Night: Cloudy and not as cool. Low 35.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy and warmer. High 52.

Extended Outlook

Thanksgiving Day: Mostly cloudy with showers possible. High 47.

(Black) Friday: Morning clouds followed by afternoon clearing. Highs in the upper 40s.

For WUML Lowell 91.5 FM this is WUML weather director and UMass Lowell student meteorologist John Webster.