Overview
- A strong cold front sweeps across the U.S. Sunday night into early week, delivering the coldest air of the season with highs in the 30s and 40s for many and wind chills in the teens in spots.
- Forecasts call for the first minor accumulations in typical snowbelts and higher elevations, with localized lake-effect bands capable of a few inches and heavier squalls east of Lake Erie.
- Local outlets from the Midwest to the Northeast flag flurries or light snow for cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and parts of Indiana, with initial accumulation favoring grassy and elevated surfaces.
- WX Charts maps based on GFS output depict intense UK snowfall in mid to late November, yet the Met Office and BBC say confidence is low and expect any near-term snow mainly over northern high ground, particularly in Scotland.
- Meteorologists on both sides of the Atlantic emphasize a brief pattern change, with U.S. temperatures rebounding by mid to late week and UK long-range guidance leaning drier at times with frost, fog, and occasional hill snow in the north.