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.