(I don't think my sister will be riding her scooter today!)
If you haven't gone out and tried to get a handful of this stuff, you should. It's very thick and difficult to even pick up; This stuff is not good for sledding. Tomorrow afternoon will be a better time to go sledding once more snow gets in here early tomorrow morning.
But first, a dangerous ice storm is on the way from Arkansas:
This will be here by the mid to late afternoon hours spreading quite a bit of freezing rain and sleet across the area. If this gives us mostly freezing rain, then be prepared for some power outages. I think we could get .25" of ice accumulation, which is pretty bad, but not disasterous. Here's a video of Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel talking about this storm in Paducah... click here.
After the ice is done tonight, more snow is on the way. The NAM and GFS both show a pretty potent area of snow coming through early tomorrow:
From these two models, I'm thinking that the area will generally get 3-4 inches of snow tomorrow morning. Isolated amounts of 6 inches are possible as well, so that should give us better sledding conditions.
Interstates are beginning to improve a little bit after the mess earlier this morning. Use caution if you must go out today.
7 comments:
Good stuff Ryan. Really enjoy reading your blog. Wish you the best in you future career as a MET. Maybe you will land a job here locally one day. -MATT-
Thanks!
How much snow do you think Elizabethtown will receive overnight?
Temperatures just at or above feezing will keep things mostly as freezing rain or just plain rain overnight. You could pick up an inch or two of snow tomorrow morning.
Actually, this snow is PERFECT for sledding. With a nice, thin layer of ice on top of the snow you can really get zipping down the hill.
True, but don't fall off the sled. It might hurt a little bit with no snow to pad your fall!
You've been right on for the entire storm system! KUDOS! I would really love to see some more fluffy snow tomorrow. Hopefully, we'll have the day off to enjoy it. Thanks for keeping us posted.
-Ms. R
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