January 23, 2003
The coldest air of the season thus far is upon us today. It will be partly sunny with scattered flurries in the afternoon. Winds will be brisk out of the NNW with actual temperatures not reaching the 20s for highs and wind chills dropping to ten below zero or more at times. Clear and very cold tonight with lows down into the single digits to around ten degrees. It will be sunny on Friday and Saturday with the highs both days in the upper 20s to around 30.
Our next threat for snow is for late in the weekend. A disturbance will be racing along the Gulf Coast late on Saturday. Meanwhile, a vigorous shortwave will be dropping into the Plains via a vortex North of the Great Lakes. These two features look to join forces and spread some snowfall into the region on Sunday, perhaps into Monday. So far, the setup in the upper levels looks decent as the upper trough aligns itself neutral to negative near the East Coast. This should draw the storm system farther North and West if this is the case. However, there is still 3 days to fine tune things, and it could go either way right now, ie, could be a glancing blow with light snows or could be a somewhat significant snow event for the area (4" +). Right now, odds favor the light snow scenario with lighter accumulations. We will keep a track on this potential system and will update in the following days. Take care and bundle up!
S.B.
