Thanksgiving weather looking much better than 2015 for Oklahoma

The advisory includes Minnehaha, Moody, Lake, Brookings and Kingsbury, Deul, Hamlin, Codington and Clark counties, as well as southwest Minnesota. For all the hunters out there, expect a quiet Monday with increasing clouds Tuesday. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City is expected to proceed under cloudy, cool and damp conditions.

There will also be winds of up to 40 miles per hour Wednesday, which could add to the travel difficulties for motorists. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. The NWS reports that little to no ice accumulation is expected. Only a slight accumulation is expected. For those active families that play an afternoon of pigskin pickup, the ground may be bit saturated from Wednesday’s rain, but hey, it’s better than snow! Dry and mild weather continue for Friday with some sunshine and highs in the mid 60’s.

Because we are expecting fairly low snow levels we could see accumulating snow on some of the mountain passes once again including I-5 near Mount Shasta. Saturday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Clouds thicken up tomorrow night, a weak low pressure system crosses New England on Thanksgiving Day. Thursday night will bring another round of very strong winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thanksgiving Night: Cloudy, with a low around 37.

In the last 120 years in Dayton, it has rained on Thanksgiving Day 68 times and snowed only 25 times. Cloudy, with a high near 39.

Rain and mountain snow continues today with showers ending by Monday night. Otherwise, mostly cloudy with the chance for a light shower or two.