Good evening, everyone. We have a wild temperature swing on the way as we head into the coming weekend. This will bring some wicked temperature swings and everything from thunderstorms to snow and ice. Buckle up and let’s get after it.

Temps slowly rise all day Friday into Friday evening with a light wintry mix switching to light rain. Readings by Saturday morning can hit the low 50s. Wow. Afternoon highs on Saturday can reach into the mid and upper 60s. Double Wow.  Those same temps then drop more than 40 degrees Saturday night and Sunday morning as the arctic front pushes through. Triple Wow!

High winds will also be an issue during this time with gusts of 40mph possible. Showers and thunderstorms will then transition over to a period of sleet, freezing rain and some snow.

The GFS Parallel…

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Winter weather accumulation…

gfs-snowThe NAM is similar…

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Icy roads are a strong possibility later Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Looking down the road, we find this arctic cold pattern retreating next week. That said, we are going to have to watch for a couple of systems to impact our weather in the lead up to Christmas weekend.

The European Model suggests a system putting down a little snow Thursday and Friday…

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The GFS Parallel is similar…

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Most models have been hinting at a big storm system late Christmas weekend or a day or two later. This could have a surge of mild air ahead of it, but would give us the potential for winter weather as it moves through…

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Both of those systems are something for us to keep an eye on.

Enjoy the rest of your evening and take care.