Storm Anniversaries!

Happy Veterans Day and thanks to all those who have served/are serving our country! November 11 also marks the anniversary for 2 memorable storms that affected the Midwest. Each of these storms, the Great Blue Norther of 1911 and the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940, wreaked havoc across a large part of the country...see below for more!

1911 - This storm was unusual in the fact that it set record HIGHS and LOWS in the same day for several cities across the Midwest! Check out this link for the Wikipedia entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Blue_Norther_of_11/11/11

1940 - Armistice Day Blizzard - This storm caught a lot of people by surprise and ended up fatally for dozens of duck hunters across the Midwest. Eventually this led to major changes in the weather forecasting business, for more check out this video:

Snow?

Now that we're in November, and about to experience a significant pattern change, snow is probably not too far away. For a little while it was looking like next weekend, November 20th-21st, could be the first decent snow of the season. The GFS weather model had been pretty steady in predicting such a scenario...but within the last 24 hours that model has now backed away from a significant snow, and only wants to bring in some light snow across the QCA. This certainly could change again over the next 9 to 10 days, but for now it looks like snow-lovers might have to wait just a little bit longer!

DRY DRY DRY!

Other than a few days back in late October we've had nothing but dry weather here in the QC! Through the last 44 days we've only had 5 days in which measurable rain fell! Of those 5 days...4 in a row happened in late October!

Colder Middle of the Month...

While things are downright balmy right now in the QC there will be some big changes over the next couple weeks! Here's a day 8-14 temperature outlook from the NWS's Climate Prediction Center...it shows a high likelihood of cooler than normal weather in the QC from Nov. 16-22!

Hometown Forecast for Mon. 11/8

Terrible Tomas!

Hurricane Tomas caused a lot of problems to Earthquake stricken Hati, but now the storm is headed to no mans' land!

Viewer Pic

Thanks to Larry from down in Galesburg...while it looks a little ominous, just a shower SE of town!

Spotty Showers

A few showers are now popping up, especially East of the QC. Expect these scattered showers to continue this afternoon, and then die down later this evening. Once some of the clouds clear off tonight temperatures will drop into the 20s after midnight!

Snow for Parts of the Midwest!

While we're expecting colder weather Thursday/Friday here in the QC portions of Michigan are expecting accumulating snow Friday! Lake effect snow will begin early Friday and by the time Friday evening rolls around 2-3 inches of snow is possible for a good portion of the U.P.!

November Preview

It's hard to believe NOVEMBER is already here! During this 11th month of the year we typically see a big change in the temperatures from the 1st through the 30th. By the end of the month our average high is only 41°! With colder weather like that it's no surprise the average snowfall in November is 3 inches!