1.) Be sure to get outside and enjoy today! We’ll take sunshine this time of year any how we can get it! Big changes loom moving forward. While Super Bowl…
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The relatively quiet and mild time of things this weekend will quickly give way to the promised return of winter next week. An arctic cold front will sweep through the state late Sunday and set things in motion that will keep the weather feeling, and looking, very wintry around these parts over the upcoming week.
As we’ve discussed, models will struggle with handling the local impacts of multiple upper air disturbances that will race southeast in the fast northwest flow aloft. We think Monday-Tuesday offer up the best chances of accumulating snow in the near term. The upper energy will be able to maximize snow production around these parts and this looks like a 1″-3″ type event, with local amounts to 4″. Winds will be quite gusty and blowing and drifting will be an issue, particularly in the open country.
Another vigorous disturbance will race southeast Thursday afternoon. While the Canadian shows the bulk of the energy to our north, it would be close enough to ignite snow showers around here, as well. Expect small changes with timing and track as we get closer.
Longer term, we also keep close eyes on next weekend. The pattern is one that should promote a significant widespread winter storm. The devil is in the details and we still have a ways to go, but the pattern set-up is one that screams an Ohio Valley winter storm threat from this distance.
Giddy up! 🙂
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Highlights:
Not A Bad Weekend; Winter Returns Next Week…Weak ridging will be with us as we close out the work week. This will supply a very nice Friday, after some freezing fog concerns in spots early.
The upcoming weekend will feature a weak weather maker scooting through here Saturday and that could have just enough “umph” to produce a flurry or sprinkle. Otherwise, look for mild weather for Super Bowl weekend. Enjoy it!
A cold front will push through the region late Sunday. A band of moisture will likely accompany this front- rain to snow type deal. As we move into early and mid next week, the weather pattern will be dominated by strong western ridging and a significant eastern trough. Models will likely continue to struggle handling the specifics concerning timing and strength with the individual disturbances and we’ll have to keep a close eye on early to mid next week moving forward. As it stands now, we think most widespread snow showers/ squalls come Monday into Tuesday.
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