Looking ahead: Cold from Plains to Northeast; Thanksgiving storms

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AccuWeather's Joe Lundberg looks ahead to next week where the Plains and Northeast regions of the U.S. could shiver from cold weather and multiple parts of the nation could have a stormy Thanksgiving.

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00:00Joe before we talk about what it's going to be a very busy weather pattern upcoming for the next

00:04two weeks let's review the tape from last week. As we go into midweek though there are more changes

00:12in the jet stream and it's that second storm system that'll drag some cold air into the pattern

00:17coldest area you've seen this so far this season for the deep south and you're going to see some

00:21snowflakes in the air in places like Detroit, Pittsburgh and maybe Charleston, West Virginia

00:26later next week. And we're talking about that accumulating snow and in the Poconos and in

00:32into the Appalachian Joe as we go over the next 24 hours so you're in the long range team

00:37we're able to dissect that. All right let's talk about next week. Let's put it this way Birdie

00:42they're not going to be alone in seeing snow in the coming week or two and there's going to be a

00:47lot more cold that's going to be spread around and that's part of our three things to know about

00:51next week. Waves of cold will be coming into the northern plains and then spreading south and east

00:56all the way to the northeast as we go through the week of Thanksgiving and beyond. It'll dry out

01:00along the west coast after this weekend and Thanksgiving day yeah we're going to be talking

01:04about a storm system across parts of the country. Here's the jet stream map for the middle of next

01:08week you can see that bend in here for the middle part of the week you see the drier air with the

01:12bulge in the jet stream along the west coast still warm across areas from Texas to the southeast but

01:17cold air is trying to come in from the north and west and as this dip of the jet stream takes shape

01:22there'll be a storm system in here the question is where is it going to go Bernie? Yeah and then

01:27that's the really big question here Joe and the other question is is it weak is it strong it's

01:31strong it all depends on how much energy the west coast comes eastward but you and I worked on this

01:38map with uh meteorologist Paul Pastelok about the different scenarios. Yeah and let's take it you

01:43know one by one the the northern track would mean a slower system that develops a little bit more

01:48intensely and that means some accumulating snow on the northwest side of it and some heavier rains

01:53but then the cold air will come in but that could linger into Friday a weaker system means some rain

01:59some snow on the north side of it but it moves more quickly off the coast by Thanksgiving night

02:03so those are the two different scenarios we're looking at for that storm next week. Regardless

02:07of the scenario Joe I mean we've got some big changes coming. We do well I think there's one

02:13thing we got a key in for the long range forecast as we go into early December it's going to be

02:17stormy it's going to be snowy and there's going to be very cold air in the pattern. Many people

02:23will end up getting accumulating snow. Yes. Winter comes early at least this year. It does indeed.

02:29Accuweather long range expert meteorologist Joe Lumberg thanks for joining us here on Accuweather Early.

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