Unsettled Week Continues…
Posted by Trevor Cole in Daily Weather Updates on 24-11-2009
Wed-Fri
An area of low pressure, currently spinning across IA/IL, will continue to slide northeast over the next several days. Because of this, the tri-state will deal with off-and-on precip chances. Because we are on the warm side of the low, expect all rain through Wednesday night. By Thursday morning, enough cold air will mix into the area to allow for the rain showers to mix with snow. By Thursday night/Fri, whatever moisure is left will fall as all snow, possibly giving some areas a dusting (though most of it will melt on contact).
Sat
High pressure will briefly gain control of our weather for Saturday. Clearing skies and a SSW flow will allow for temps to rebound into the lower to middle 50s, which will feel great after the low 40s for Thu/Fri!
Sun-Tue
Another storm system will once again begin to affect the area by late in the day on Sunday. Because it will be originating from the Gulf of Mexico, it will have a ton of rich moisture to work with. I’ll be honest here. The forecast beyond Sunday is really up in the air at this point. There are so many solutions that could play out, each of which would have a different impact on the tri-state. The first solution is that the storm system tracks right over us or just to the west. If that were to occur, we’d see mild air and heavy rain. If the low tracks along or just to the west of the App Mtns, then we’d be game on for a significant snow event (several inches). Finally, if the low were to be suppressed to the south (tracking east of the App Mtns), then we’d see light snow with very minor accumulations (or even just increased cloud cover, depending on how far east the low tracks). Those are the main three root scenarios that we need to watch out for. I will have much more on this potential snow/rain event in the coming days. Stay tuned!
