Chance of rain and breezy on Tuesday

We’ll have temperatures that start out in the upper 30s. A Pacific storm will spin in a cold front that will cross western Montana through the day on Wednesday. The best chance for snow will be in the higher Northwest Hills of CT. Only light accumulations are expected elsewhere. Increasing clouds and not as cold Tuesday night with lows in the upper 30’s to near 40. Still don’t see a front that has real cold arctic air associated with it. Most of the precipitation across the area will be from showers, but I won’t rule out an isolated rumble or two.

Our handsome stretch of mild and sunny weather continues for one more day Saturday with temperatures near 60 degrees. Both the Cascade passes and the higher foothills should expect plenty of snowfall through Thursday.

Temperatures are likely to stay in the 40s all week, though they could approach 50 degrees on Thanksgiving, according to the weather service.

It will remain chilly for the first part of the week. There is a 40 percent chance of rain on Turkey Day; not the best forecast for Thanksgiving football games or road races. Some locations saw more snow, including Vail, which had 5 inches, and Beaver Creek, where 4 inches has fallen.

So far this month, only 0.70 inches of rain has fallen for an area that averages more than four inches of rain for the month of November. Thanksgiving Day Partly sunny, with a high near 45. The low will be around 44, with a south southeast wind of 6 to 9 miles per hour becoming west northwest after midnight. Over ridges, prevailing south winds 20 to 30 miles per hour decreasing to 10 to 20 miles per hour in the afternoon. Wind from the Northwest gusting 20 to 25 miles per hour. Chance of snow 50%. Rainfall amounts of 0.50 to 1 inch are possible. A few snow showers are possible early. Prevailing south winds up to 10 miles per hour. Northwest wind, with gusts as high as 26 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

An even stronger weather system looks to arrive Sunday night into next Monday. Friday night into Saturday, snow levels will fall as low as 2,000 feet. There’s partly cloudy skies Saturday as a system clears out.

Thursday – Mostly sunny and warmer.