A frontal system will sweep across the eastern contiguous U.S. (CONUS) during November 24–30, with another Pacific weather system moving into the Pacific Northwest near the end of the period. They will be moving through a circulation pattern consisting mainly of an upper-level ridge in the West and trough in the East. One to two inches of precipitation are forecast to fall along the Texas coast to east Texas and over northern portions of the Northeast, with half an inch or more stretching from the southern Rio Grande Valley to New England. Half an inch to an inch of precipitation is expected over the northern Rockies and coastal sections of Oregon and Washington, with up to 5 inches in the forecast for northwest portions of Washington. Up to half an inch is predicted for parts of the Four Corners states in the Southwest, parts of the Great Lakes, and coastal parts of the Mid-Atlantic to Northeast states. Little to no precipitation is expected for much of the West, Great Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, and Southeast. Temperatures are expected to be warmer than normal in the western and central CONUS and cooler than normal along the East Coast.

The Climate Prediction Center's 6–10 day outlook for December 1–6 shows drier-than-normal weather favored from the Southwest to Great Lakes, from the Ohio Valley to Southeast, and the western half of Alaska. Odds favor wetter-than-normal weather over the Pacific Northwest to northern Rockies, parts of southern Texas, and southeast Alaska.

Colder-than-normal weather is favored over the East Coast and warmer-than-normal weather over the western and central contiguous U.S., with the warmer-than-normal conditions shifting eastward as the period progresses. Colder-than-normal temperatures dominate Alaska in the outlook.