Overview
- Monday starts mostly dry and seasonably mild with chilly mornings, though spotty light showers develop in a few coastal and northern pockets.
- Winds strengthen over the next 48–72 hours, with frequent gusts in the 30–40+ mph range returning Tuesday and lingering into Thursday in many regions.
- Early-week precipitation stays limited and brief for most areas, with many locations collecting less than a tenth of an inch.
- A more organized system late Friday into the weekend brings the best chance for broader rainfall, following a smaller midweek shower chance.
- Regional contrasts sharpen as the South and parts of the central U.S. warm into the upper 70s and 80s while northern and high terrain areas cool with a developing risk of first snowflakes late weekend into early next week.