Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Travel Conditions: Smooth Through Friday

We're going to be seeing a great stretch of weather continuing even into the early portion of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. If you are headed out tonight or Wednesday you can expect clear skies and no hazards whatsoever.

Looking ahead toward Thursday we can expect some patchy flurries over the Sioux Empire. The best chance for any accumulation will be over northern and northeastern Minnesota.

Toward Saturday things get a little more interesting - and a little less organized. We are going to be seeing patchy snow showers and flurries. That, coupled with some colder temperatures that will reach only up near the freezing mark, will make driving a little bit more treacherous.

If you're headed back Saturday or Sunday make sure to plan for this if you are driving. If you are flying through Denver airport you can expect some delays Saturday night as well.

Drive or fly safely!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

interesting forecast! Can meteorologists track how often they are correct in their forecasts?

Anonymous said...

if the weather is "less organized" what does that mean?

Anonymous said...

We can track our forecasts to see if they are accurate and usually keep an unofficial record. We at KDLT usually keep about a month's worth of forecasts on file just to look back if need be.

As for the "less organized" question... less organized is a good thing for travel weather. If we have an "organized" storm it will likely give us lots of snow or rain or both. It will be one where we draw a low pressure symbol and cold fronts and the like. We are definitely lucky if this current forecast holds true.

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer

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