Sunday....

What a terrific day around the region yesterday! I love cold and winter weather as much as anybody, but it sure was nice to get to enjoy that type of day. And today will really still be very nice as well. Some clouds will creep in with time, but most Piedmont highs should still be in the low to mid 60s.

The forecast for this week is still a pretty complex one. A huge storm system will impact a large portion of the US...here in our region, the biggest impacts look to be Tuesday night into Wednesday.

A big arctic high will spill into the Plains this week and try to gradually bleed southward. This could wind up being a big snowstorm from the TX Panhandle through parts of OK, KS, MO, IA, IL, IN, WI, OH, MI, and into parts of the New England states. Somewhere just south of the snow area, some significant icing could still occur.

Around the Carolinas, this looks like a rain event...maybe even a few thunderstorms, but instability will be non-existent or extremely lacking.

Later in the week, another wave of energy could move along the front, which will be south of most of the region at that point. Need to keep an eye on that to see how it behaves.

I will be off this upcoming week. However, a couple of very talented meteorologists are going to be kind enough to keep some fresh content going here on the blog through the week.

First of all, Andy Wood is going to post some thoughts this week. Andy has been kind enough to post up some great content before...he always has some great stuff to say. Andy is a meteorologist at Fox Carolina in Greenville-Spartanburg.

Also, Hank Allen is going to post this week. Hank is the morning meteorologist at WGNO-TV, the ABC affiliate in New Orleans. I have mentioned him (and posted his thoughts) before here on the blog, especially back during the Gulf oil situation. Hank might even get inspired enough to do a video this week.

Both of these guys are good friends of mine, and both are skilled meteorologists. Both have spent some time in other parts of the country before settling in the past several years at their current locations.

I really, really appreciate both of them being willing to provide some great content while I am off. I am sure you will enjoy reading their thoughts this week.