Thursday, December 12th, 2013 - Morning Weather Discussion

We will have a nice but very cold day today with highs only in the low 20’s and then dropping to around 10 by evening.  Tomorrow there will be just a slight chance of a snow shower or flurry and a high in the upper 20’s.  Then a storm will form along the Gulf Coast and start moving northeast on Friday.  This storm will bring us light snow starting around 5 am on Saturday morning.  The light snow will become moderate in the afternoon, then moderate to occasionally heavy in the evening.  The high on Saturday will only be in the low 20’s.  The snow will end early in the morning on Sunday as a bit of light sleet or freezing drizzle with a total accumulation of 5-6 inches with a tenth of an inch of ice possible.  We will then have a chance of a snow shower or flurry during the day on Sunday.  Monday will then be nice but cold, followed by a chance of snow showers or flurries on Tuesday with a dusting of accumulation possible.  We will then see a gradual warm up for the middle to end of next week with high in the mid 30’s on Wednesday, the upper 30’s on Thursday, around 50 on Friday, culminating in temperatures in the 50’s to near 60 in southeastern sections early on Saturday morning.  There will also be a chance of heavy rain on Saturday morning as the cold front approaches.  The cold front will come through on Saturday afternoon; bringing extremely cold temperatures back to our area with a chance of a snow storm on Monday, December 23^rd and unbelievably cold temperatures are possible for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day when lows could drop to temperatures I have not seen in 20 years.  The models are currently projecting temperatures well below zero for Christmas morning and highs only in the low to mid single digits, but that is a long way out so we will have to wait and see.