WEDNESDAY WEATHER BREIFING
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!
After an "odd" day Tuesday with a morning high of 47 and then falling temperatures, today will be more of a classic January day with a mostly cloudy sky, cold temperatures and maybe a flurry in spots this morning. Highs near freezing.
THURSDAY'S ALBERTA CLIPPER
A quick-moving "Alberta Clipper"-type system will swing through the Great Lakes Thursday through Thursday night. This will provide a couple of opportunities for snow. The first will come Thursday morning and some may get a coating out of this. The second chance will be along the cold front Thursday evening into the overnight. Another coating to perhaps an inch will be possible.NAM model depiction:
The highest chance for getting an inch or more of snow will be in the northern half of our viewing area. NWS snow forecast:
FRIDAY:
Flurries will linger into Friday morning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy and seasonably cold.
WEEKEND/LONG RANGE:
Here comes the mild air. Much of the weekend will be dry with highs in the 40s. Showers could push in late Sunday afternoon/evening.
Balmy weather is likely through midweek.
Meanwhile, a doozy of a winter storm will make its way through the Plains states and blizzard conditions will be possible early next week in the Upper Midwest and northern Plains. Nice dumping of snow:
This system will drag a lot of moisture northward and will likely cause some springlike severe weather in parts of the Mississippi Valley and lower Ohio Valley. The moisture content of the atmosphere (or "precipitable water") will be quite high for early February.
2 DEGREE GUARANTEE:
We put our money where our mouth is and that's why I post this graphic even when we are in the middle of a rough stretch.
WEATHER FOR WEATHER GEEKS:
The Valley's most detailed weather forecast is will tackle Thursday's snow threat in more detail and we'll also take a good look at the springlike storm early next week. Could we hear thunder?? Weather For Weather Geeks will be on ericwfmj.com and wfmj.com/weather as well as the WFMJ app by 8:00pm.