Good Thursday, folks. Today’s weather is about two stages past awesome, so it really is hard to grasp the winter changes sweeping in here this weekend. It’s a pattern likely to bring snow to the state, with another snow maker a good bet early next week.

There is an increasing potential for winter weather to impact parts our region Saturday into early Sunday. We will COULD move into Winter Storm THREAT mode later today forย parts of the south. The main focus for accumulating snow will likely be across the southern half of the Commonwealth, with much lower/no chances in the north.

The forecast models continue to jump around a bit, but we should see them hone in on this system today. The NAM is farther south than earlier runs…

The snow map from that particular run…

The Canadian Model continues to grow stronger with this system…

Each run of the model shows a little more snow and has it inching a bit to the north. The latest Canadian Model snowfall forecast…

On the other side of the snow spectrum is the GFS. This model keeps getting weaker and a touch farther south with the snow…

A friendly reminder that the above maps are all snapshots of individual computer forecasts that will change with each model run. Those are NOT forecasts of mine.ย  I will have a first call map out later today.

Snow or no snow where you live this weekend, it’s cold. Check out the numbers from the NAM…

The pattern into the first half of next week will feature additional shots of winter weather. There’s the chance to put some snow on the ground Monday night through Wednesday. Watch the action diving in on the GFS…

That’s a whole lotta ugly showing up for the Middle of March.

Lost in the snow shuffle is the amount of hard freezes we have over the next week and change. With everything basically in full bloom way too early, some serious damage will occur. Green thumbs are on full blown alert.