This Weeks Weather Discussion

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Two systems will affect a lot of the country this week. They will both be waves of low pressure along a cold front. The first one will develop over the Texas Panhandle Monday afternoon. It will race NNE along the cold front. On Monday there will be a slight risk for severe storms along the front. We could see some hail/high winds and MAYBE a couple of tornadoes. On Tuesday the low will be racing into Canada. Again some showers and storms along the front but any severe will be limited. On Wednesday the front will continue to loose momentum as it heads into a high pressure. It could produce a few showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of the front but nothing too widespread or severe. There will also be very warm air ahead of the cold front. The next system will develop early Friday over NW Texas. It will track along the same frontal system, which will be a little farther south than earlier in the week. The details are not yet clear on this system but this system will pull up very warm air and will have on thing the Monday-Tuesday system will not: Jet Stream energy. So a severe weather outbreak is not out of the question Friday into Saturday. This system will drag the cold front southeast all the way to the east coast and into the southeast. An chilly air mass will come in behind it, and it would not be all that surprising if we see some rain/snow showers over the Great Lakes and maybe into the northern Apps. Some frosts/freezes are also possible in the Northeast. More on the possible severe weather and chill that will follow this week...