First Snow of the Season Could Hit These U.S. Cities This Week

Is winter knocking on the doorstep? Parts of the central and eastern U.S. could see the first snow of the season by the end of the week. An influx of noticeably colder temperatures will support the development of wintry precipitation, coming on the heels of an unseasonably warm start to the month of November for much of the Midwest and the Northeast. This is what you need to know.

Wintry Weather Poised to Roar Into the Central and Eastern U.S.

A drastic change in the weather is bearing down on the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. While a storm slicing through the northeastern U.S. over the weekend resulted in a few wet snowflakes in the higher terrains of New England, it has been mostly dry over the last few weeks in this part of the country.

That is all about to change later this week when a major weather maker pushes from west to east. Some areas of the Great Lakes and the Northeast will see scattered rain showers to start the week. But it will not be until the cold air arrives that wintry precipitation will be a possibility.

The same storm that is currently unleashing heavy rain and snow in the Pacific Northwest will make it to the central U.S. by midweek. The energy coming along with this storm from the western U.S. will meet up with cold air pushing down from Canada to lay the groundwork for significant snow for the Northeast and beyond.

The merger of the storm from the West and a separate system originating in Canada will clash with warm air coming up from the Gulf beginning on Wednesday or Thursday. While a lot can change between now and the end of the week, the latest forecast models signal that snow is possible across the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley, the Appalachians, and New England. This greatest chance of snow will be between Thursday and Saturday.