CLEVELAND — It's that time of year. Warm lake water. Cold shots of air moving over the lake. Yes, it's lake effect snow season.
While this November has started on the quiet and mild side, there are signs that it is about to change.
As we've been covering on our GO! morning show over the last few days, we have a big pattern change on the way next week into the days leading up to Thanksgiving.
A large pool of cold air will dive into the western U.S. next Monday. A series of low pressure systems look to develop in the southern and central Plains through the middle portion of next week -- each one helping to pull that cold air further east.
A final low pressure looks to swing through the Great Lakes sometime late next week into next weekend, bringing that cold air into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes.
All indication is that the cold air would then be reinforced by a steady diet of northwest flow as we head into the days before Thanksgiving with a prolonged cold air event through Thanksgiving itself into the following weekend.
With lake waters running some 3-6 degrees above average, this cold air will kick off widespread lake effect snow across the lakes. Exactly where those lake snows end up is still to be determined as it's way too early to talk details.
The big takeaway is that we are expecting a much colder trend leading up to Thanksgiving with a snowy pattern taking over.