Snow is coming — maybe an icy mix the weekend of Nov. 29-30, ending as heavy snow. It may even be enough to shovel and plow, but I want to see a few more model runs before I get too excited.
No big travel headaches between now and Thanksgiving, though, just a couple inches in far northern Minnesota on Tuesday. The main event comes the weekend AFTER Thanksgiving.
Yes, getting home after Turkey Day may be problematic, but it can always be worse. This year brought the first EF5 tornado (Enderlin, N.D., on June 20) to strike the U.S. since 2013. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa smashed into Jamaica in late October as potentially the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record. A Texas flash flood on the Fourth of July left 130 dead. The Gulf Coast saw a record blizzard in January.
My point: A late November storm may be the real deal with Gulf moisture clashing with a cold dome of air overhead. Driving hassles? Sure, but not exactly a natural disaster.
Get your yard work and raking done this weekend. Highs near 32 degrees on Thanksgiving, but 20s in the first week of December.
