Nov 17: November Warmth & Central Rain & Storms

Over the weekend, Southern California received more than quadruple their average monthly November rain with all our Ventura County stations getting over 4". Check out some of the rain rates they saw with instantaneous rates reaching over 3" an hour:

More rain is falling today and another system will swing through late Thursday into the weekend with an additional 1-2+" possible across the region:

The West is finally going to share its wet weather with the rest of the country. First up is a quick moving system that will bring beneficial rain to parts of the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys: 

The below animation shows the general timing of the system, valid from 7 pm ET Mon night to 1 pm Wednesday:

Next up is the Central US where Wednesday will bring the chance for a few severe thunderstorms. The timing for these storms will be overnight Wednesday into Thu AM:

That will lead to some decent rain totals through Fri night:

Unfortunately, those significant rain totals won't make it to the parched southeast:

For the rest of this week, much of the country will be well above average with record highs possible daily, especially on Tuesday:

Only the Northeast and Southwest will be below average for the rest of this week. Below is the 5 day temperature anomaly from Tue Am to Sun AM:

As we head into Thanksgiving week which is such a busy travel period, it is still too early to discuss exact details. It does seem that the week from Sun Nov 23 to Sun Nov 30th will see mostly above average temperatures in the Eastern US and above average precipitation in the Central US: 

We will be able to pin down more details for the busy holiday travel week later this week.