Good Saturday, weather weenies. After getting off to a super duper early start, winter will take a small break over the next several days. Don’t let it spoil you… the old man looks to make a big return by next weekend with more arctic cold and snow chances.
Today’s going to be a great day for shopping or travel across the entire region. Highs will head well into the 40s as winds and high clouds increase. Those clouds will thicken up for Sunday as a few showers try to crank up. Chilly showers look to continue into Monday and early Tuesday as temps come down several degrees.
Those same thermometers will then bounce back by Wednesday and Thursday as the 50s settle in for a few days. That will be ahead of another arctic front blasting southward into the plains and then spreading out across the east. Widespread rain will develop ahead of this boundary by Thursday and Friday.
The models struggle in picking up on the extent and speed of which arctic air moves. This is a pattern the GFS should actually do okay with and may out dual the European Model initially with the timing. Here’s the latest GFS run…
This isn’t a setup that will feature one “big” storm, but a wave of smaller systems rolling northeastward along the stalled out arctic front. That means significant overrunning wintry precipitation may develop from Texas northeastward into our region by next weekend.
The arctic air behind that front is crazy cold for most of the country…
I will have updates as needed. Make it a great day and take care.
Thanks Chris.Looks like serious cold coming.
Thanks for all you do Chris. Looks like things could get interesting. I sure do dread that cold air coming. Hubby works outside and our youngest child has to walk across campus. I hope everyone has a great Saturday.
In the next 7-10 days there is all sorts of fun winter weather to track.
It is fun to watch the rain come down no matter what the temp. is at that moment. Scoreboard says Rain 1 Snow 0 for the season.
Of course in some parts of the state it was a tie.
Well, suppose our area is overdue for some serious cold. I and the few warm wx fans on this board need to enjoy this short lived respite from winter.
Mind you, I enjoy watching on how the dynamics of cold waves and snow storms evolve in our area…….but watching this from the Cayman Islands 😛 .
Temps are not just well into the 40’s today–they are well into the 50’s region-wide. 54 here in Lawrenceburg seems about representative of the state according to kymesonet right now.
significant overrunning wintery precipitation? I dont like the sound of that… 🙁
Yea, we don’t want an ice storm. Anything but freezing rain. But I’d love a nice big snowfall, though!
Friday night could get some wintery precip doesn’t as of now look that big of deal. However next Sunday night into Monday as of now looks really interesting if your a fan of wintery precip still a little over 7 days out but something to track.