There’s not much to write home about weather-wise for the rest of the work week as generally quiet conditions continue through Friday before turning more unsettled over the weekend.

We start Wednesday right around freezing as a dry front comes through, which will help hold highs down to the low 50s in the afternoon despite plenty of sunshine. Winds turn a little more westerly on Thursday, and after a subfreezing start, we’ll warm to the mid-to-upper 50s in the afternoon under plenty of sunshine. We’ll keep this going for one more day on Friday, with lows right around the freezing mark and highs in the mid-50s with plenty of sun.

Winter storm intrigue for next week?

A front will sweep through over the weekend with a brief warmup into the 60s and a decent round of rain, especially from Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning. This front ushers in one shot of cool air, but the bottom will fall out of the mercury after a second shot of cold air moves in on Monday, ushering in a very cold airmass across much of the eastern half of the country. Model guidance has then been keen on spinning something up along the Gulf Coast, moving low pressure up the coast Tuesday into Wednesday. While there’s still a lot of disagreement on the specifics, the major global model ensembles are starting to catch onto the idea of some sort of winter weather threat here during the middle of next week. Precipitation types and exact extent of the winter weather are tough to pin down this far out. However, the pattern is favorable, and we will almost certainly have one major ingredient — cold air — in place. For its part, NWS has painted a slight chance of freezing rain for parts of the area on Tuesday morning. Revisions to this initial forecast are almost a certainty, though, so stay tuned to trustworthy weather sources over the next few days as more data comes in and the forecast details become more clear.

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