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NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT....

After four days of November chill, it's time to turn the page and flip the script. In other words, warmer days are here again. Over the next 7 days the temperature departures around the Midwest are forecast to look like this on the GFS.

For most of my area, that means temperatures averaging about 7 degrees above normal per day.

That means starting Saturday and continuing into the middle of next week highs should be in the upper 50s to mid 60s. A real nice run of November warmth. Here's the 500mb jet stream flow that delivers the pleasant readings.

The GFS meteogram depicts the building warmth reaching its peak Sunday and Monday. Notice though what happens further down the road. Temperatures really tank with the passage of a couple strong cold fronts and we could end up paying dearly for the warm-up, especially towards November 18th-20th.