Hello and happy Tuesday everyone – we’re one day closer to the big feast – YUM! Can you believe it’s already the end of November? Holiday decorations are being erected all over the place, Christmas music is beginning to trickle onto local radio stations  and local TV commercials are flooding the air waves with Black Friday specials…. YIKES!!! I know may have travel plans this week, but to be honest it doesn’t look all that bad. November is a special month because the temperature difference from north to south (Meteorologists refer to this as “Baroclinicity”) is quite extreme and generally, the stronger/tighter the temperature gradient, the more intense the storm system can be. Again, November can feature noteworthy and memorable storms, we just haven’t had such this year. The only potential travel trouble spots this year will be in the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes and in the Northwest. The image below shows the threats Wednesday night – early Thursday morning near Minnesota and Wisconsin:

Pacific Northwest threats on Thursday include more rain along the coast and some light accumulations in the higher elevations of the Cascades and Olympics. A parade of storms has been battering the west all month long and this just in… The Cascade Mountains (Located near Portland, OR and Seattle WA) are experiencing the snowiest November on Record and we’ve still got a few days left of the month. Whistler Mountain in British Columbia, CA (where the 2010 Winter Olympic skiing events will be held in February) also is experiencing the snowiest November on record. To date, the Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort has seen 207″ of snow this season!

Hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving graphics, we’ll keep them coming, so keep coming back, ok!

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday!

Meteorologist Todd Nelson – Weather Nation LLC