February 20, 2014 archive

Forecast Updated 02.21.14 @ 7:30a

Chilly, Windy Close To The Week…After a busy Thursday night that included hail reports, damaging wind gusts, and flooding we’re looking at a calmer, yet blustery and colder close to the work week as low pressure heads north into Canada.  Winds will remain strong and gusty this morning, but begin to “relax” as we head into the afternoon, diminishing slowly through the day.  That said, it’ll remain quite blustery and much cooler than the flirt with spring Thursday.  A couple of snow showers may fly in shallow wrap around moisture this morning.

For now, we think Saturday will remain mostly dry, but a fast moving weather disturbance will scoot by to our north and could result in an increase in cloud cover Saturday afternoon.

Sunday Snow?  That remains the question, but we continue to closely monitor a disturbance that could produce accumulating snow here Sunday afternoon into Monday.  Model data is all over the place and ranges anywhere from a mainly dry day Sunday to a full blown accumulating snow event of a few inches.  It’s worth noting the Canadian is the most bullish on Sunday accumulation potential and we’re leaning more towards that direction as of now, especially when considering the way the Canadian handled the Valentine’s snow event.  Stay tuned.

Big Cold…A major league late season blast of arctic air will blow into town by the middle of next week and result in temperature close to 25-30 degrees below normal.  We’ll monitor the “goings on” late next week as indications points towards a storm brewing.  Early ideas take this mainly south of our immediate region, but we’ll continue to monitor.

Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast

• 7-Day Snowfall Forecast:  1-3″
• 7-Day Rainfall Forecast: 0.00″

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