A Fast-Moving System Brings Rain, Snow, And Flight Disruptions From The Midwest To The Northeast

Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Hi, this is MediaBall, Steve Pelletier, and
I'm the Weatherman.
Thanks for checking in to theWeathermanPod.com on your
Saturday, 29th day of the monthof November.
Just two more days of thismonth, and we've got fair but
chilly weather across the MidAtlantic and in Northeast for
today.
Plenty of sunshine with herhighs only in the middle
forties.
At night, there's going to be anincrease in clouds with
nighttime low temperatures downto about 28 to 33.

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And we're expecting rainyweather on Sunday.
The Catskills of New York, andalso up in the Adirondacks.
Might even be a longer period ofsome snow up that way, up the
north way.
But for the most part, it willbe just occasional light rain
for later Sunday and Sundaynight.
Highs for the day will reach 48.

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Monday's going to be mostlysunny, but chilly, 40 to 45.
And if you have a frontal systemmove through, high pressure
moves in for one day, and thenlow pressure arrives, usually
means you're going to have somemixed precipitation.
So that means on Tuesday, we'regoing to have some snow changing
over to sleet and rain duringthe afternoon hours and the
evening with high temperaturesfor the day only up near 40.
And it probably will stay alonger period of snow across the

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northeastern uh Pennsylvania,the Poconos, Catskills,
northwestern New Jersey, andinterior, southern New York.
That's where they could getseveral inches of rainfall.
Some of the uh blend of all themodels that we were looking at
shows somewhere between aslittle as a half to as much as
two or three inches of snow orsleep, expected for later
Tuesday.
But we'll have more on that aswe go through the weekend.

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But then by the time we gettowards Wednesday, looks like uh
some mostly sunny weatherreturns.
41 and also Thursday and Fridayare looking fair but chilly.
By Friday, highs will only rangeinto the 30s.
Now, if you're traveling by airtoday, all flights going in and
out of the Chicago area,Indiana, Illinois, into
Wisconsin, and even up intoMinnesota going to be buffeted

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by a winter storm.
Quite a bit of snowfall expectedin those places from below
pressure that had its originsacross the Pacific Northwest,
and with that cold air in place,looking at heavy amounts of
snowfall in Iowa, southernMinnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois,
and the southern Great Lakes,and that'll be drifting
eastward.
That heavier area of snow isgoing to be moving up towards
the north and east, up towardsthe St.

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Lawrence River Valley by Sunday.
And of course, if probably willbe in a form of some rain in the
New York area.
But if you're trying to fly intothe Chicago area, expect
cancellations, delays all acrossthe upper Midwest.
Probably the best way, if you'regoing to get try to get a
connecting flight to the WestCoast, take a southern route,
either at Houston, Dallas, orAtlanta.

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Chicago is not going to work outon Saturday and Saturday
evening.
So, and maybe even on Sunday, itcould be a little bit of a tough
go there with uh cleanupoperations and trying to uh make
up for all the canceled flightsthat will be occurring in the
Chicago area on Saturday.
Uh West Coast is looking dry.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, noproblems.
Also, dry weather in Portlandand Seattle.

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And as mentioned, it does looklike some rain showers in
Houston and also in Dallas, butnothing major.
Central and South Florida alsolooking pretty good.
Atlanta, the best place to doyour connections.
And uh even into Charlotte.
The weather there will be goodon Saturday.
Do not try to fly into theChicago area.
There will be cancellations andheavy snow.

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I'm India Roger, StevePelletier, and I am the
weatherman.
We'll update this uh outlook asthe day continues on Saturday.
Uh, probably look aroundnoontime.
I'm going to do an update.
And uh we'll talk to you uh atthat time.
And if not, we'll see you onSunday.
See you then.