On Monday it will be colder and stay mostly dry

Happy Sunday evening everyone. Luckily, the stubborn cloud cover we had this morning dissipated before the afternoon began. This allowed highs to climb back into the low to mid 40s at the end of today’s holiday weekend. Looking ahead, some high pressure areas will keep us colder than normal over the next few days before a quick warm-up can occur.

While this situation keeps us cold tonight and colder than normal on Monday, an upper level wave will move across the St. Louis area on Monday. While this path reduces the chance of snow showers to our east, we will see clouds increase across much of the Missouri Ozarks in the morning before returning to partly sunny conditions in the afternoon. Northern Arkansas will see more partly to mostly sunny skies this day.

Although clear skies are forecast for Tuesday, high pressure overhead will keep us cold before a quick shift in the jet stream causes milder air to return on Wednesday.

While this means highs will briefly be back above normal, the upper low in Canada will bring another cold front heading our way that will bring us back below normal on Thursday and Friday.

Despite the temperature fluctuations and the numbers rising again next weekend, we will remain dry this week. However, there are still signs that our next storm system will form and head our way with our next best chance of rain (possibly even wintry weather) on December 9th and 10th. That would be next Monday and Tuesday.

As for temperatures, most will see lows in the mid to upper 20s Monday morning. Then highs will fluctuate significantly throughout the day due to clouds and another blast of colder air. Areas along and north of a line from Stockton to Bolivar, Lebanon and Salem may struggle to see highs climb into the low to mid 30s. While the rest of the Ozarks in Missouri will see highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s, the warmest values ​​will be in the mid 40s in northern Arkansas. With a northwest wind blowing between 15 and 25 mph at times, this could easily put wind chills in the 30s for many.

With high pressure in place Tuesday morning, that means clear skies and low temperatures into the upper teens for many of us. Then we will see highs climb back into the upper 30s and lower 40s under sunny skies.

After Wednesday morning lows only dipped into the mid 30s, Wednesday afternoon’s quick, mild blast of air will push us back into the mid to some upper 50s.

Thursday’s front will send highs for Thursday and Friday back into the 30s and 40s. After a chilly start to the coming weekend, we’ll see highs in the lower 50s again on Saturday and the lower 60s next Sunday.

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