2/2 - 11am - Snow Everywhere, Groundhog Day!

While our snow and ice has been melting here, other places have been seeing snow that usually don't see much snow. This picture was sent to me this morning from Knoxville, TN:



I'm told these flakes were nearly two inches in diameter at times. This snow came from the system that veered off to our east in the computer models and is getting ready to hit the East Coast tomorrow.

Another place getting snow today is London, England. Just over four inches of snow sounds like a moderate snowfall for us, but for London this is the biggest snowstorm in 18 years! They usually don't have snow like that, so an army of brine and salt trucks just doesn't exist there. Heathrow Airport had to close a runway and an Airbus 330 from Cyprus slid off a taxiway. To read more, click here.


For us, snow will fall this evening and tomorrow. The NAM is being a little more liberal with precipitation amounts at the moment, suggesting somewhere between 1 to 3 inches for us with the cold temperature snow ratio accounted for. The GFS is suggesting just over an inch at the moment. I think we'll see two inches on the ground by tomorrow evening, but that should be it. There's not a lot of moisture to work with here, but temperatures in the 20's for tonight and tomorrow should help the snow fluff up and drive accumulations to the two-inch mark.


Today is Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, so Winter will continue for six more weeks. Read more about the event here.