Lake Effect, End of Growing Season, 2 Weeks Till Wedding Cruise

 When I was growing up outside Chicagoland, the weathercasters often used the term "cooler by the Lake".  The lake was Lake Michigan that rarely reached 70 degrees even during the heart of summer.  Down here, it's the opposite as we head into the colder months of the year.  We hear "warmer near the lake" with our lake being Lake Pontchartrain.  Saturday was a prime example as there was a 15-20 degree different between the North & South Shores. Look at the 7 AM Saturday Lows.

The freeze line made it all the way down to Jackson & Birmingham. A fast moving upper disturbance has spread clouds back over the south modifying the chilly air today.

 

Clouds act as a blanket keeping temperatures from dropping as much. 

As the upper system moves over us later today and tonight, look for some showers to fall from those clouds.

With all the clouds and showers around, highs will stay cool in the 60s again on Monday.

Some sunshine will return on Tuesday beginning a warming trend for the rest of this week, Finally, 2 weeks from today Valerie & I will be on the NCL Breakaway for our wedding Cruise.

Our cruise (including the actual wedding ceremony) will be part of my December podcasts.  If you want to see & hear them, go to bobbreck.com and become a subscriber. Next week's podcast will be about preparing your home for the coming Winter freezes.  Go sign up for $2/month.  You'll get information not found on any local weathercast.  Plus it's a lot of fun to watch.  Stay tuned!

New Podcast Today, Weekend Cooldown, Near Freeze Far North Shore

 If you are a subscriber, today's podcast introduces you to my soon to be wife, Valerie Adams.  Our wedding cruise begins on Nov. 29th on the NCL Breakaway out of New Orleans with the marriage ceremony performed by the Captain down in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico/America.  If you become a subscriber at bobbreck.com, you'll get to see that ceremony plus the fun of being on a cruise ship.  For $2/month come join my family of subscribers.

Also, next week's podcast looks back at how I winterized my old house before I moved into Copeland Tower Living.  As a subscriber, you'll get weekly podcasts that will go into detail about our weather and include some interviews with past broadcasters in my life.  Come give it a try.  Our current focus is on the coming cool down for this weekend.  It's not drastic, but it will be very noticeable.  It is the beginning of the "polar vortex" season where we see lobes of low pressure rotate around the main vortex over the Pole.

The reason it's not real cold yet is the lack of snow cover.  As the sun heats the ground, it will modify the chill for us.

we'll easily be in the 70s today, but look back into Oklahoma & Kansas where temps are in the 40s & 50s.  Going out after dark tonight you'll notice the increasing north winds and the chilly feel that will require sweaters and heavy coats for tomorrow.  Saturday & Sunday morning on the North Shore will see lows in the 30s so protect your tropical plants.  The clouds just off our coast will return on Sunday.

 

Those clouds are part of the southern jet stream that is forecasted to be very active during the next few months of this Super El Nino winter.  We'll see many storms bring us ugly spells of dreary weather in December through February.

But IF you're dressed for it, the next 3 days will be that crisp, lovely late Fall feeling.  Stay tuned!