Good Saturday and welcome to February. Our 2nd month of the year is starting out with a mild pattern, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to stay that way. The month will take a winter turn and it’s one that will feature well above normal precipitation.
Temps out there today are way down and mainly in the 40s with clouds slowly breaking.
Temps after this take off with highs around 60 on Sunday then well into the 60s for Monday. The numbers may drop down a bit on Tuesday but return deep into the 60s Wednesday and Thursday ahead of a potent storm system blowing in.
That may bring strong storms in here for Thursday with colder air coming in behind it…
The pattern after this is prime for significant storm systems and the potential for winter storms to threaten our region. It’s all going to come down to individual storm tracks, but we are getting back into the winter weather game and the operational models are seeing this…
The EURO from next weekend through February 15th…
The GFS has a similar overall look…
As you can see, winter weather lovers may be rewarded for their patience during the middle and end of the month. The latest EURO Weeklies match the above models and point toward a 7 day period in mid-February for a pretty good snow signature…
The overall signature from the EURO weeklies suggest snow chances into the first half of March…
I’ll see you guys for another update later today. Make it a good first day of February and take care.
Thanks Chris. I remember back in March 1960 we had a run of huge Snowstorms in South Central Indiana. Back to back Snowstorms in the first two weeks. Snow accumulation was around 3 feet, and it was that kind of Snow that packed great. Being 9 years old, we built a Snowfort and Snowmen. Watching the skies, and the back to back Snowstorms during my young life got me interested in Meteorology.
Here’s more on that 1960 March Snowstorm in Southern Kentucky. I didn’t realize that the Snowstorm occurred that far south :
https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/pdf/posters/March1960_SouthernKY_Snowstorm.pdf
I hope we don’t get much more snow.
When I lived in Pennsylvania, February always felt like the longest month of the year, probably because of all the “false starts” to spring weather.
I drive regularly to Atlanta on work trips and go again on Wednesday when they’re supposed to be at 75 for a high.