Good Friday, folks. Arctic winds are blowing across the state today and that’s a sign of things to come. The setup for the weekend will feature periodic areas of light snow and flurries rolling across the region, with a bigger system lurking for late Monday and Tuesday. That’s ahead of some brutally cold air entering the country.

Let’s begin with today and roll forward. Wind chills this morning range from -5 to +5 in many areas. Skies will be sunny, but cold temps hang tough all day.

The weekend will see several weak systems working across the region. A few rounds of light snow and flurries will be noted…

Light accumulations will be possible, especially Sunday.

The arctic front and low moving in early next week appears to be speeding up on its arrival time. This front slams in here late Monday with a snow behind it. That snow is falling in arctic cold temps that can give us some high ratio snows. There is also the increasing risk of us getting a bigger storm system out of this.

The European Model has been hinting at this for a few days now, with the latest run kicking it up a notch…

That’s got a little old school look to it.

The GFS trying to get a similar look, but is too progressive…

The Canadian Model is between the Euro and the GFS with the Monday night and Tuesday system, but keeps the polar vortex oriented in a fashion that allows other systems to sneaky underneath after that…

 

The European Model is also doing that, giving us additional systems riding to our south with brutally cold air in place in our region.

Folks, the pattern ahead is bitterly cold with the potential for multiple days with below zero lows. Obviously, the snow potential is certainly there, too.

I will have your normal updates later. Make it a good one and take care.