Weather It Is (Almost Perfect)

Good Afternoon:

The weather has been a bit cool, but overall it's been pretty sunny and it's no longer very windy.
The next few days will be neither here nor there, and there is a chance of light rain early next week. 

We're basically along the southern edge of a developing large trough of winter weather over Europe.  This winter trough should slowly, but inexorably push itself southward, as well as amplify.

As the trough amplifies, the winds will pick up out of the south next week and we are likely to see the hottest weather of the new year by mid-week.

But then, in a cruel twist of fate, the trough may just come crashing through, sweeping away the warm/hot weather (locusts, frogs, etc), bringing with it our first real rain in a month's time. In fact, this trough of cold weather may be just so cold, that it freezes those aspiring rain drops and turns them into snowflakes.  At the moment, this (snowy) scenario is about a 20% chance, but the overall pattern looks potentially wintery.  So, don't put away those winter clothes just yet!

Barry Lynn