The headline is for temperatures…NOT snow.  Sorry if that was a tease, but they did have snow up in Pennsylvania and upstate New York.  Locally, high temperatures over the next 3-4 days will be in the 50s.  These are typically our average high temperatures in the middle of Winter.  Very chilly!  I mentioned months ago that we would probably have an early Winter.   The cool/cold pool up in Canada only eroded for a month or two this Summer.  Usually it goes away for the entire Summer plus another month or two.  Well it’s in full force now.  Northern Canada already has some -20 degrees (C) at 850 mb.  This is pretty cold for this time of year.  I’ve occasionally mentioned that once in a while we used to trick-or-treat in the snow up in Illinois.  However, I don’t think I mentioned that in the late 80s we once played high school football in freezing fog.  It was in the Fall.  The fog on the field was actually freezing on our legs (at least the sideliners).  I was a runt on the team my freshmen year.  3rd string all the way.  I don’t miss the cold!

  Anyway, the cool air in Hampton Roads will remain for a few days.  Monday we should see some drying and then we’ll have sunshine return by Tuesday with highs back in the 60s.  As far as rain chances go… a doubled barrelled Nor’easter will form near the northeast coast.  (north of Hampton Roads).  We will not get the full brunt of the systems.  Instead we should see scattered light precipitation through the weekend with a brief period or two of moderate rain.  We could get some drying for one day, but it’s tough to lock down the timing of the features. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler