Friday, January 23, 2009

Friday, January 23rd, 2009: 5pm


A nice day today will lead to a COLD weekend, with higs hovering around 30.

I will again spend most of my time discussing the upcoming week. There could be a clipper system with some light snow early Monday morning, but the bigger storm will come on Monday night-Tuesday. The precip type is still very much in question. The precip that falls will be determined by the track. If the low pressure goes to the south through southern Tennessee and north Alabama, we will see light snow. If it goes through southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, we will see heavier precip. If it goes over our area, we will most likely see ice and rain, but not heavy.

The NWS says:
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...IT'S HARD TO PIN DOWN AMOUNTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FORECAST UPDATES WITH THIS SYSTEM.

As you can see, there are many solutions to our forecast, and it is hard to pick out one at this time. Hopefully, there will be more agreement on the storm's path over the weekend, which would allow me to make accurate accumulation predictions.

After this storm, we may see a brief lull on Wednesday before another storm comes through on Thursday-Friday. There are some indications that this storm may be stronger than the early week storm, but it is, of course, much to early to tell mcuh about this storm.

Stay tuned for further details on both of these storms. I might update tomorrrow, and if I don't, I WILL update on Sunday (hopefully with snow accumulations).

Alex C.

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