eastern also heavy snow and some parts of eastern california have already ea5tern california have already exceeded their annual average rainfall, exceeded their annual average rainfall, not their monthly, their annual~ rainfall, not their monthly, their annual. back at home, part5 rainfall, not their monthly, their annual. back at home, parts of wales have exceeded the january amount of rainfall have exceeded the january amount of rainfall already and we are only on the 12th rainfall already and we are only on the 12th and a5 rainfall already and we are only on the 12th and as we go through the rest of the 12th and as we go through the rest of the the 12th and as we go through the rest of the week we are looking at rain or rest of the week we are looking at rain or 5hower5 rest of the week we are looking at rain or showers and it s going to be windy rain or showers and it s going to be windy at rain or showers and it s going to be windy at times as well. this is what has
inches, you know, years and years and years ago, but this is a lot. it s certainly memorable would be the word. there is your drought map here. into the category 3, just not into the 4 like we were for so long. this happened last year, too, where we had a very nice start to winter, then it just stopped. so let s just hope that it doesn t happen again this year. more flooding rainfall expected over the next couple of days. here it comes in. we ll see the rain coming in across northern california today. all of california for tomorrow and the snow in the mountains if you re going to the mountains, you need to kind of keep it in between these storms because many of these roadways will be impassable by the time we work our way into tomorrow. yes, we will. a couple of fatalities with that big storm. so be careful out there, folks. it s been dangerous and deadly .
speak of the weather, which is cooperating right now with the pre-thanksgiving travel, the return home could be a problem. for details on that let s bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. mike, good evening. reporter: jericka, good evening. all eyes on the weather for the busy thanksgiving holiday. pretty nice in many locations, including in new york city, where the balloons are l y s thanks apotosaurus is new. l parade and the ar t the mng,tup, winding up in the 50 necessary the after and driet entire time. that may not be the case in our southern cities with more rain in the forecast for thanksgiving day itself, but very mild cond to 10 degrees above average. here s how it plays out for us. the rain coming in tonight, expanding through the day on thanksgiving day, and off-and-on showers in our forecast through black friday, as well as
unsettled weather this weekend, it will become confined to be southeast with the shower is pushing on overnight and tomorrow. staying cloudy, damp, in southern and eastern areas, the rain peps up, perhaps rumbles of thunder. elsewhere, after hansie dry start, blustery showers will get going and they will be quite heavy as well. there will be clearer, drier weather behind that. not as cold as it has been of late, milder in the south and east. this is the pressure chart for sunday, pressure closer to our shores, it will be windy and the fronts enhancing the shower activity. the rain coming and going and it will be heavy at times, with rumbles of thunder. elsewhere, further north and west, brights, sunshine, blustery showers, some merging into longer spells of rain and a blustery day for all areas with the wind around in southern and western coasts, up to 50mph costs.
on. that belt was telling us to come back of the studio that belt - back of the studio that belt hauling,. a beautiful picture here from carol. yes, this was gorgeous, this was in north east scotland and north east england, we saw these northern lights. thank you for sending us your pictures and please do keep it sending them. it is a chilly start, in the south, but almost 1a degrees in the south, but almost 1a degrees in the south, but almost 1a degrees in the outer hebrides. a lot of dry weather, a few showers around, rain edging in across northern ireland as we come in this morning and the cloud will build. south under clear skies, a chilly start, but once again we will see some lovely sunrises, if you have not already seen them. the rain coming and eventually across scotland and northern ireland, the wind will pick up northern ireland, the wind will pick up and the sunshine will be hazy in the south, temperatures will be 12 to 19 degrees. tonight the rain