With a flip of the calendar comes a very cold first week of December. Highs will be near 40 degrees through Thursday after very cold mornings, but it will feel much colder at times even during the afternoons with breezy conditions on and off all week. Most of the week ends up dry.

As long as you have a winter coat, gloves and hat through Thursday you will be fine. A weak weather system will bring a chance for mixed snow and rain showers Wednesday night into Thursday. A worst-case scenario at this point would be slippery conditions Thursday from less than one inch of snow. With highs around 42 on Thursday, it is really the morning that would be more slippery, and we do expect rain to be mixing in throughout the day.

Once this weak system moves out, it will usher in an even colder airmass for Friday through Sunday. These days, dressing in layers will be a must! Highs on Friday will be in the low 30s, but it will feel like the teens with windy weather Friday, too. It stays bitterly cold through Sunday before temperatures rebound a bit into next week.

FORECAST:

TODAY: A mix of sun and clouds with highs around 39 degrees. It will feel closer to 30 degrees with a northwest breeze around 5 to 15 mph. There can be a stray flurry north of I-84.

TONIGHT: Mainly clear and cold with lows around 24 degrees.

TUESDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 40 degrees. Breezy and cold. It will feel like the upper 20s to low 30s with a west-northwest wind around 10 to 20 mph. Lows around 25 degrees.

WEDNESDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 40 degrees. Lows near 33 degrees with a few mixed rain and snow showers developing overnight into Thursday. THURSDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy with some scattered mixed rain and snow showers. A worst case at this point would be a coating to one inch of snow with some slippery travel, mainly in the morning. Highs around 42 degrees. Lows near 26 degrees. FRIDAY: DRESS IN LAYERS! Sun and clouds. Windy and very cold. Highs around 33 degrees with wind chills in the teens to low 20s. Lows near 23 degrees.

SATURDAY: Partly sunny, breezy and very cold. Highs around 35 degrees with wind chills in the teens to low 20s. Lows near 24 degrees. SUNDAY: Mainly sunny and cold with highs around 37 degrees. Lows near 28 degrees.