It’s feeling just a little bit different across the region this morning- to the tune of more than 30 degrees colder than this time 24 hours ago. Cold extends south all the way to Brownsville Texas. Speaking of Texas, wintry precipitation is flying across the Hill Country this morning…
Back here on the home front, cold is the story this weekend. Highs may creep into the lower 20s this afternoon, but wind chill values will remain in the single digits below zero to 5 above through the day. Light snow showers will end and we’ll introduce more in the way of sunshine through the afternoon.
Dry conditions will remain through Sunday morning, but a storm system will organize to our southwest, eventually delivering moisture into central Indiana Sunday afternoon into the evening. We remain unimpressed with this feature, but light snow is a good bet during this timeframe. Early thinking would deliver between a coating to an inch and there’s also the potential of a light “glaze” atop the snow Sunday night as milder air aloft begins to win out.
“Dueling” low pressure systems will lead to continued unsettled conditions through Tuesday. The initial low will track into the Great Lakes while a secondary area of low pressure forms along the Mid-Atlantic coast. The end result will be a briefly milder time of things and periods of rain Monday afternoon and Tuesday (0.50″ to 1″ amounts) before cold air whips back in here Wednesday.
Lingering left over moisture will fall as scattered snow showers in the sharply colder air Wednesday.
Our next storm system will deserve a watchful eye in the Thursday-Friday time frame, but it’s far too early for specifics in this hectic pattern.
The active pattern is set to remain, along with progressively colder air as we rumble into the 2nd half of February. Above normal precipitation is anticipated, including above normal snowfall in the 2/18 through 3/10 period.
