Highlights:
- Snowy morning
- Major winter storm impacts the southern Appalachians into the Mid Atlantic
- Dry, cold weekend in store
Snowy Morning; Next Winter Storm Shifts South…This morning’s snow “behaved” as planned with a quick thumping across a large portion of central IN. A quick scan of accumulation reports into the office this morning indicate amounts, on average, right around 2″ (some a bit more, some a little less). We’ll recap later this evening, with an overlay of our snowfall forecast map. Due to the timing of this event, this morning’s commute is a nightmare, as expected.
As we look ahead, the major winter storm (crippling for some) late week is trending further and further south. Now, instead of the initial low tracking through the TN Valley (which would’ve argued for a reflection of the low up west of the mountains), it appears to stay so far south that it tracks along the northern Gulf states before the primary low takes over and delivers the “snowy goods” to our friends from the east TN mountains north and east. By the way, this will be a monster event for the southern Appalachians (yard stick will be needed to measure the final product). Back here on the home front, we’ll forecast a dry, cold stretch with a blustery Friday (east winds gusting 20-30 MPH).
Our next weather maker of note will come early next week. More on that as we draw closer.
Safe travels and happy snow to all! 🙂