Tom Ackerman

We're starting off the weekend partly to mostly sunny and dry with cooler highs in the mid to upper 60s Friday. Most of your Saturday looks good but we'll see increasing afternoon clouds and a few showers and t-showers late. More widespread showers and storms will develop overnight and continue on and off Sunday. We'll clear out for Veterans Day and see another round of showers and storms firing up toward the middle of next week.

The rain ends and sunshine returns Monday, we have a pleasant Veterans Day in the works. Expect sunshine with highs in the 60s. A dry cold front will pass Tuesday, ushering in even cooler air with highs near normal, in the upper 50s. We'll see increasing clouds with highs back in the 60s midweek. The next rain chance ramps up Thursday.

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The combination of a passing cold front and a northeast wind will cool it down Tuesday. We'll see mostly sunny skies with near normal highs in the mid to upper 50s. Wednesday will end up mostly to partly sunny with highs warming into the mid 60s. Moisture streaming in from down south will ramp up the rain again, widespread showers are likely Wednesday night into Thursday. This will be another good soaking rain with amounts ranging from 0.5" to 1.5". Isolated rumbles of thunder will be possible.

Another round of widespread, soaking rain is inbound Wednesday night into Thursday, just what we need for the ongoing drought but you'll need to watch it on the roads. Expect increasing clouds Wednesday with highs back in the 60s. A few showers will develop southwest this evening, but rain will overspread the Commonwealth overnight and continue as scattered showers Thursday. Rainfall totals will range from 1" to 2" with isolated higher amounts. Isolated rumbles of thunder are possible. We're back in the 50s Thursday and Friday but sunshine and highs in the 60s return this weekend.

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We're in for a wet and dreary Thursday with widespread morning rain gradually becoming more showery and finally tapering off late in the day. Highs will top out in the upper 50s. Friday looks dry but clouds linger, expect mostly to partly cloudy skies with near normal highs in the mid to upper 50s to start the weekend. High pressure takes over and sunshine returns Saturday and Sunday with highs back in the 60s.

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Buckle up, we're on the verge of our first real taste of colder, blustery and wintry weather of the season. Watch for dense fog Wednesday morning with a few lingering showers as a cold front tracks through. Temperatures will drop through the day from the upper 50s to upper 40s, we'll hit our high early. Low pressure over the Great Lakes will deepen and crank up a gusty (30 to 40 mph) west to eventually northwest wind Wednesday into Thursday and pull in much colder air as well. On top of that, moisture wrapping around the low will provide our first chance for accumulating snow of the season! Expect rain to snow showers Thursday with a round of light snow following Thursday evening and overnight. The best chance for light accumulation will be on grass and elevated surfaces due to the warm ground temperature but you'll still want to watch it on the roads for potential wet, slick spots with lows around freezing Friday morning.

Our first accumulating snow of the season is in the works for some Thursday night. Stay weather aware! We'll end up gusty (W/NW 30-40 mph) and colder Thursday with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. A few rain/snow showers are possible earlier in the day, but the main round of active weather passes through this evening. Snow will develop between the evening commute and into early Friday morning. We could see minor to 1" of accumulation west of I-75 with 1" to 2" possible along and east of it. With warm ground temperatures the best chance will be on the grass and elevated surfaces but with lows near freezing you'll want to watch for wet, slick roads overnight into Friday morning. A winter weather advisory is in effect.