Dry today... precip arrives tonight...
>> Thursday, February 21, 2013
Here is today's video.... lots of ground covered there....give it a look.
Dry and cool today and tomorrow... cold air damming setup begins Thursday night
>> Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Quiet and cool today and tomorrow.... no problems....temps running somewhat below the February averages.
A well-defined cold air damming setup accompany our next storm system. I spend a lot of time and use a lot of graphics on this in today's video. Give it a look.
Initially, Thursday night, some spots could see some type of light rain/sleet/ and maybe even a few snowflake type of mixture. However, warmer air aloft will take over by Friday morning, and from that point forward, the precip will either be rain or freezing rain. That determination will come down to surface temperatures.
This will be a pronounced cold air damming setup. The high pressure, while anchored pretty far north (up in Canada), is strong and in pretty good position.
For the time being, I am favoring the idea of a period of light freezing rain or freezing drizzle, at least Friday morning, from roughly I-40 and points north. Let me stress this..... this does NOT look like a big, crippling ice storm at all. However, it does look like a scenario where some spots, especially elevated surfaces, could wind up with a glazing Friday morning.
Rain chances will continue Friday night into Saturday morning before the system departs.
Pattern ahead....
I touched on this in the video as well. I think the pattern for early March is one that is loaded with potential for winter weather fans. Now, that potential could certainly come up empty, but a lot of the things I look for in the longer-term pattern that would indicate at least the possibilities of winter weather look to be on the playing field. So we will see if anything comes of it.
Mountain snow....cool showers for the piedmont...
>> Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Precip is advancing in this morning. This will be mountain snow and mainly a cool rain for the foothills and piedmont. However, initially a little sleet could occur, and temps in the northern foothills could briefly dip below freezing. However, I expect no problems with wintry precip east of the mountains.
Our next system will feature a good cold air damming setup Thursday night and Friday morning.
Details on that and much more in today's video...
Not as cold today... cold air damming events ahead...
>> Monday, February 18, 2013
After the frigid start to the day, highs will warm to the ballpark of average with lots of sun today.
Our next system will swing in late tonight into tomorrow morning. For the mountains, this will be a quick show of some snow, ending as some mixed precip.
Temps in the northern foothills could dip near or just below freezing as the precip arrives late tonight. That means a very brief period of freezing rain will be possible. However, I think fairly quickly temps will get above freezing, so at the moment, I don't anticipate big freezing rain issues.
Another system will arrive Thursday night and Friday, and again, we will need to monitor temps as the precip rolls in, as we will ave a nice cold air damming setup in place. At the moment though, I am leaning toward rain for most.
See the video for more....
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