Wild November Closes Mild.

Another shot of the now bare Japanese maple in the front yard. Yesterday as I passed by it I was struck by the thought that it will be another 5 months before I see leaves on it. But if that time passes as quickly as this month has gone, it will seem like next week when April arrives.
What a wild November we have lived through. The month started out very warm and dry with 4 record highs in a row, November 6th through the 9th. Remember the 84 we hit on the 8th? That tied the all time high for November, and was the latest we'd ever been that warm. Contrast that with last Monday evening when the mountains west of town were getting dumped on with accumulating snow. (Probably the earliest that much snow has fallen in some of those locations in memory.) And we had a couple of bouts with limited severe storms. But even so the airport only got 3.57" of rain this month, 1.31" below normal.
So what's ahead?
Two systems go by in the next 5 days. Before system #1 we'll see sunny skies, light winds and highs in the low 50s. The "mild close" to November. As system #1 approaches tomorrow, west to southwest winds pick up. With mostly sunny skies highs Thursday will climb into the mid to upper 50s. Then the front goes through, northwest winds pick up and even with mostly sunny skies Friday, highs struggle to get back into the upper 40s.
System #2 picks up some steam and some Gulf moisture by then. That begins spreading showers into the Tennessee Valley as early as Saturday afternoon. Right now it looks showery from Saturday through Sunday night. Most of the moisture is gone by Monday morning, but there still could be enough for mountain flurries or snow showers then. And colder air looks like it will plunge southward Tuesday and Wednesday.
Will December open mild and close wild?