Chilly and breezy today with some occasional rain showers especially across Northern Chester and Berks Counties....some snow may begin to mix in with the rain across the highest elevations later this evening. Some additional snow and rain showers will continue for much of the day tomorrow. Any minor slushy accumulations will be on non-paved surfaces as temperatures with the exception of the highest ridges will remain a little above freezing for the duration. We start to dry out and turn a bit milder with temperatures back to near or slightly above normal before a sharp turn to colder by Wednesday. Turkey Day itself looks to be colder than normal with high temperatures in the low 40's.

Some weather history for Southern Lower Michigan for November 21 1880: Bitterly cold conditions prevail across Lower Michigan. It’s the coldest November day on record at Lansing with a high of only 12 degrees. The low of four below zero is the earliest subzero temperature on record there. 1913: Record warmth prevails across Lower Michigan, with high temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. The 70-degree reading at Grand Rapids is a late-season record. a record-setting snowstorm hit Southeast Michigan. Snow began early in the day and gradually increased in intensity with widespread snowfall rates of 1 inch per hour. A particularly intense band brought rates upwards of 3 inches per hour to Howell, where a storm total of 16.8 inches was reported. In fact, numerous locations reported snowfall amounts between 10 and 16.8 inches in Livingston and Oakland Counties. The NWS office in White Lake measured 15.5″ making it the largest snowstorm the office has seen since it was built in 1994. Note all locations are in the NW suburbs of Detroit. 1913, Detroit experienced record highs for two days: 67 degrees on the 21st and 69 degrees on the 22nd.

You can't make this up, You can't script it any better....Hello Nanook from the NORTH! Is this what the late 70's may have looked like??? We will be tracking the Polar Vortex as we Open the doors to Decembrrrrr! #LFG The question will be, how long can this pattern last? This is about as pretty of a Winter 500mb pattern you can ask for the Eastern CONUS. What a BONUS from Mother Nature!

The official H/L yesterday at GR was 50/34 there was 0.05” of precipitation a trace of snowfall. The highest wind was 37 MPH out of the W. There was 10% of possible sunshine. For today the average H/L is 45/31 the record high of 70 was set in 1913 the coldest high of 24 was set in 1964. The record low of 10 was set in 2014 the warmest low of 60 was set in 1913. The wettest was 1.79” in 1979 the most snow was 4.0” in 1996 the most on the ground was 13” in 2000. Had the 1st snowfall of the season overnight I had 0.2” of snowfall and with the rain from yesterday at total of 0.18” of precipitation there is a trace of snow on the ground. The current temperature is 33 with light snow falling.

Man, oh Man, my dad has to have a "Winter Magnet"...every time he flies to Chicago it seems like he lure's in Ol' Man Winter...