After a nice finish to the weekend across Central and Eastern Kentucky with sunshine and highs in the upper 60s we saw a bit of high cloud cover drifting in to kick off the week on this Monday. Even with the filtered sunshine afternoon highs still managed to jump back into the upper 60s, which is over 10 degrees above average for this time of the year. The clouds were a sneak peek of what is on the way as we shift into a much more active weather pattern rolling through this week. As an area of low pressure spins into the Great Lakes Tuesday a frontal system will slide through the Ohio Valley bringing a return of rain chances to the commonwealth. Occasional rain and a few rumbles of thunder will be possible with another breezy and mild day as southwest winds crank up ahead of the front. It appears the majority of the rain will be during the morning hours as we slowly dry out through the afternoon. Highs will surge back into the upper 60s thanks to the wind and the rain ending early in most locations. Rainfall totals should be fairly low given the scattered nature of the rain with most spots picking up a quarter of an inch of less. A second wave of low pressure will dive to the southeast out of Canada into the mid and late week keeping our rain chances in place but also bringing a legitimate shot of colder air and the potential for our first snowflakes of the season. Wednesday should feature a few scattered showers and afternoon highs back down into the mid-50s, on par for average highs in mid-November. As the low rotates into the Great Lakes Thursday, much colder air will drop into the commonwealth along with additional moisture. This combination will lead to a mix of rain and snow showers Thursday with afternoon highs hovering into the upper 30s. It will be on the breezy to windy side with winds gusting 35 to 40 miles per hour so it will be blustery and feel quite cold, especially given all the unseasonably mild air we’ve enjoyed through the fall season. Wind chills may even come into play with “feel-like” temperatures down into the 20s late Thursday and Thursday night. Given the warm ground temperatures and actual air temperatures staying just above freezing, there should be little to no impacts relative to any snow showers that fall. The best chance of seeing any light coating on the grassy areas/elevated surfaces will be on Thursday night as the low begins to pivot off to the east. A few lingering showers will be possible Friday with highs only in the low 40s before we dry out a bit over the upcoming weekend as temperatures remain on the chilly side even for mid to late November. ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with showers late. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. TUESDAY: Morning rain/thunder then drying out. Highs in the upper-60s. TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy, mainly dry. Lows in the upper-40s. Categories: Featured, Local Weather Headlines, Storm Team Weather Blog, Weather, Weather Forecast Tags: ABC 36, ABC 36 News Now, ABC 36 Storm Team Forecast, blustery, breezy, Chief Meteorologist TG Shuck, colder air, November, scattered showers, Snowflakes, unsettled weather pattern