The latest National Weather Service forecast shows the temperature high near 60 degrees in Lexington as it enters Thanksgiving week.
That said, several forecasters are anticipating an abrupt shift to winter weather around Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, particularly over the holiday weekend. Among them is Mark Jarvis, a meteorologist with the agency’s station in Louisville, who spoke with the Herald-Leader Nov. 18.
“The winter here, it’s probably going to start off with a bang and get going fairly quickly,” Jarvis said. “We’re going to get a big pattern change here, probably starting as early as next week.”
Why forecasters expect temperatures to drop around Thanksgiving
Meteorologists are pointing to several factors to explain the seasonal shift. The two strongest are an active La Niña lingering into the start of December, combined with a weakening polar vortex…