Good evening, all. I wanted to drop by for a quick update on the super duper active winter weather pattern developing across the country as we roll into Christmas week.

We continue to track some snow chances before we even get into next week. The first one is on track for late tonight and Thursday. This may put down some light accumulations across the western half of the state with a touch of sleet and freezing rain trying to get in the mix. That action diminishes the farther east it gets, but should cause some flakes to fly for many.

The Friday night and Saturday storm system looks about the same as it has for the past few days. It’s a weaker storm because some of that energy is shooting out ahead of it and giving us the flakes threat on Thursday.

The NAM shows a stripe of winter weather…

NAM

Remember when I kept saying we had a much better chance of this thing going well to our south and it cutting to the lakes like the GFS had? The weaker the low, the farther south it stays.

The Christmas week setup is now getting a lot of attention from forecasters across the country. A huge buckle in the jet stream could create a bomb of a storm system across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes on Christmas Eve.

Euro 2Check out the look from the European for next Wednesday morning…

Euro 3 That’s pretty darn wicked. Here’s a little more in depth look at what the same model run shows…

Euro

That’s a week away and that’s an eternity in the world of weather. Still, that’s pretty darn wild to see anytime of the year, especially around Christmas.

I will have another update later tonight. Enjoy the evening and take care.