RI Weather Forecast: Cold, Stormy Season Not Far Off

Enjoy the final days of November and the mostly mild beginning of December. The newest forecasts say winter begins soon after.

A stormy pattern and much colder air are on deck for the second week of December, though forecasters say it is still too early for specifics. Accuweather says, depending how low the jet stream dips, New England could "turn significantly colder" come mid-December.

"Later in December, perhaps not until the third week, a change will occur where more extreme cold will first enter the northern Rockies, then the Plains, followed by the Upper Midwest, then the Northeast," AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.

Accuweather doesn't offer specific times for potential storms, but says it is confident the "weather during December will not remain benign and will likely trend stormy and colder for some locations."

The National Weather Service agrees that colder days are nearly upon us. The colder blue line on the following temperature chart for the second week of December threatens Southern New England, indicating temperatures below normal for mid-December.

For now we have this week: Mostly dry with high temperatures between the mid-40s and low-50s. The next week looks like it will be something similar.

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