Sunday, December 8th, 2013 - Evening Weather Discussion

The light snow will start mixing with sleet between 10 pm and 2 am from southeast to northwest across the region, then change to sleet and freezing rain.  The freezing rain and sleet will change to rain as temperatures rise above freezing between 4 am and 8 am from southeast to northwest across the region tomorrow morning.  Then we will have a chance of some light rain until early afternoon before some clearing later in the afternoon.  It will then cloud up again on Tuesday morning and some light snow is likely during the day with a dusting to an inch of accumulation likely as one last wave of low pressure develops along the strong cold front.  Wednesday will then be nice but cold with lows in the low to mid teens and highs in the upper 20's. On Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning there will be a chance of a snow shower or flurry as we will be sandwiched between some Lake Effect snow showers to our west and a developing area of low pressure just off shore.  Then it will be extremely cold on Thursday through the weekend, with the low on Thursday and Friday in the low to mid teens and highs in the low to mid 20's. Then on  both Saturday and Sunday the low will be in the low to mid single digits and high will be in the mid to upper teens. There will be a chance of snow developing on Saturday night and it may continue into Sunday as there will be a chance of a Nor'easter forming near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and moving northeastward up the coast.  This storm has the potential to be quite significant and linger into the day on Monday.  Then on Tuesday and Wednesday yet another Nor'easter may develop along the coast.  This weather pattern is extremely volatile and is one of the most volatile I have seen in many years.  There is the potential for a significant storm every few days and these storms can pop up at any time with little notice.  The combination of extremely cold air readily available just to our north and a significant amount of energy from the southern jet stream could lead to some very significant wintry weather for the rest of the month.  Right now, let's just focus on the next 2 weeks though and take them one at a time. I am currently most interested though the in time frame between next Saturday night and next Wednesday for the possibility of one or two significant storms.