Good Thursday everyone. I don’t have a lot of time to go in depth about the weekend system… but I did want to give you guys some first call maps as a White Christmas is in Santa’s sleigh and ready to be delivered.

Some quick hitting thoughts…

– A disturbance in the northern jet will dive in here Christmas Eve and Day with a nice swath of accumulating snows.

– This system will roll to our east by afternoon, but not before leaving 1″ to as much as 4″ of snow.

– A strong upper level low will then develop across the area from Late Christmas Day into Sunday and Monday. This will produce widespread snow showers and squalls that will put down additional accumulations. This will especially be true across the east and southeast.

– Arctic cold will move in along with the snow with highs this weekend only in the low and mid 20s. Gusty winds will make it feel even colder and may blow some of the powdery snow around.

I made two first call maps. One for snowfall through Christmas Day and the other with snow totals through Monday…






I will adjust the totals and placement with future updates later today into Friday. Have a great Thursday and take care.