Good Thursday to one and all. We have a light snow maker working toward the region and this may cause a few travel issues later tonight into Friday. That unleashes another arctic blast for the weekend as we then turn our attention toward a wild looking setup for next week.
Let’s get into the current setup and roll forward.
Clouds will increase today with a touch of some light snow and flurries trying to show up in the west and north. Areas of light snow then develop over the region tonight and continue into Friday as a system drops through from the northwest. A few flurries and snow showers would then be possible Friday night as a strong northwest flow delivers arctic air back into the state.
As far as snowfall goes, this is a light event, but the totals will increase across the southeast. Here’s my latest Call For Snowfall…
I will update that map later today. All of this may very well cause roads to become slick and I do expect some delays and cancellations.
The forecast models are in line with a general light snowfall for our region…
The GFS is doing GFS things and is the only model without a big east coast storm. Here’s what the model shows around here…
Temps behind this will absolutely tank Friday night into Saturday morning. Can some areas make a run at zero? The colder models think so…
Wind chills go well below zero across the region and that’s in the danger category.
Temps climb early next week ahead of what looks like another harsh winter pattern settling in by late in the week. This climb is ahead of a slow-moving overrunning event that can produce heavy rain to winter weather very quickly. A 30 degree temp drop in a few hours looks to be waiting on us at some point.
That does indeed kick off another brutal stretch of cold temps. Check out the 7 day temp anomalies on the GFS Ensembles for Feb 4-11…
The temp pattern isn’t too dissimilar to what we had last February. Here’s hoping the actual weather doesn’t even come close to this, but I’m trying to sound some alarms at the potential for additional harsh winter weather.
I will update things later today and on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm. Until then, here are your radars to track any flake action trying to sneak in…
Have a great day and take care.
ahhh poop on overrunning and ice.
The less than 1” snowfall comes at a high price.LOL
Well folks its snowing here in my neck of woods here western,ky. The grass and roads are cover and still coming down, don’t expect to add up much at all, but a pretty sight to see something we haven’t had this winter so far.
Thanks Chris, on the radar, looks like some bands of heavier Snows in central Illinois. I wonder if it is actually reaching the ground ? I think a lot of it isn’t.
GFS has really diminished the Snow totals along the Mid-Atlantic, but still shows a substantial Snowstorm / Blizzard for parts of Maine and Nova Scotia.
Chris, what do you mean by “Harsh Winter Weather ? ” An Ice Storm would not surprise me as this seems more likely than a nice quiet 10 inch Snowfall.
post malone, had to say it