Brrrrrr! I thought Fall began next week!?

      As you all know Autumnal equinox is Friday September 23 this year at 5:05am but in the world of weather weenies the Meteorological Fall began on September 1st.  By the end of this week and into the weekend you will definitely be thinking it is Fall already.   Over the weekend a broad region of high pressure matched with a cold front,  was sitting up in Northwestern Canada.  This cold front will dive down across much of the United States mid-week.  Here in the Northeast the cold front will cross our region sometime Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.  As the front moves through there will be a chance of some rain showers Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday.  There may even be a rumble of thunder or two.  After this front passes through we will find that some areas will be struggling to get out of the 50s on Friday! Even more surprising will be the overnight lows.  Many areas won't even reach 40 at night at the end of the week and some places up North ( i.e. Northern NH, VT, NY, and ME, and North Dakota, Montana, and Northern Minnesota) have a possibility of seeing thier first frost of the year.  I guess this is Mother Nature's way of saying 'get ready!', because Fall is quickly approaching.  Luckily behind the cold front there is a broad region of high pressure which will encompass much of the Eastern United States make for a spectacular weekend!