Glimpse At Thanksgiving Forecast For Lacey

Before you give thanks, you have to make a wish or two that the forecasters are wrong about Thanksgiving. They're saying that the weather will not be so nice for the holiday.

Re-surging cold air may spin up a storm along the East Coast and in New Jersey around Thanksgiving Day, according to AccuWeather. There is the potential for very cold air with a punishing wind to take root in our region during the long Thanksgiving weekend.

What could happen as a result is a "potent" storm system may trigger flight delays for early Thanksgiving travel Friday into the weekend in parts of the Midwest and East, according to The Weather Channel.

"If early indications are correct... gusty winds will sweep cold air from the northern Plains to the Gulf Coast, Appalachians and eventually the Atlantic Seaboard," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said in a release.

The cold outbreak may last a couple of days, or perhaps right through the Thanksgiving weekend, AccuWeather Long-Range Meteorologist Evan Duffey said in the release. "In terms of an East Coast storm, we are not expecting powerhouse event, but rather more of the nuisance variety," Duffey said.

That storm will carry the potential for drenching rain along the Interstate-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City around Thanksgiving Day.

Here is the current forecast for the days leading up to Thanksgiving:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 6 to 8 mph.
• Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 6 mph.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
• Wednesday night: A chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Thursday: A slight chance of showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Light and variable wind becoming west 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48.
• Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.
• Saturday: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Saturday night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
• Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

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