Happy New Year, folks. Winter is finally settling into the region and looks to try to flex some muscle in the coming weeks. A much colder than normal pattern is engulfing much of the country during this time, and it’s itching to get the snow train rolling.

This next system coming in here Sunday night into Monday is looking stronger and stronger. It drops in from the north and unleashes very cold air, gusty winds and the possibility of light accumulating snows…

Euro 2

The Great Lakes are wide open for business and should send rounds of snow showers and squalls our way. The models continue to see this potential as we get closer…

Euro

I’m wondering if we can get our first round of delays or cancellations out of this? That’s certainly a possibility.

Temps drop deep into the teens behind the snow squalls…

GFS Temps

That cold air hangs into the middle of next week with a significant period of winter weather lurking for week two of January. I’ve been hitting this potential hard in recent days and there’s no reason to back off. Arctic air dives into the country and may have a big winter storm leading the way for it. The European Model for next weekend shows what I’m talking about…

Euro 3

That’s one heck of a setup with brutal cold diving into the backside of a developing storm coming out of the Gulf of Mexico.

Enjoy your evening and take care.