11/20 – Rob Knight’s “Cold Frontal Passage” Morning Forecast

The cold front has clear the area with lingering cloud coverage back to the west into W’tern Louisiana. Today will bring drier conditions but the respite will be short lived as moisture returns to the area late on Wednesday. The next system will bring the potential for a few showers overnight Wednesday night into Thursday morning, primarily to the south of Interstate 10. Rain amounts will be pretty light, and any amounts in excess of a quarter inch should mainly in the northern GOM.

High temperatures the next 3 days to be about 5-10 degrees cooler than what was observed on Monday.

Overnight lows will return to the 35 to 40 range the next 2 nights over the northern half of the area. The next in a seemingly endless stream of disturbances will approach the area late in the day on Friday, and be east of the area Saturday morning. The forecast for Friday and Saturday should bring thunderstorms into the mix as warmer temps will move back into the area. The strongest in the batch of disturbances will move across the center of the country on Sunday. With a strong surface low expected to develop and move across Missouri on Sunday, the trailing cold front will move through the area sometime around Sunday evening. Much cooler air will return to the area later Monday into midweek with a trailing cold front reinforcing the cooler air Tuesday.