Monsoon's Tuesday night update: what about the rest of the week?
Two winter weather-makers in our immediate future to worry about...let's get right into it.
A bit of freezing drizzle or light snow showers are likely to move through the area overnight and into the early morning Wednesday - before 8 or 9am. Expect only a coating to an inch of accumulation at most. It appears now that the temperatures will fall a couple of degrees below freezing over most of the forecast area in the overnight hours. As a result, the morning commute - perhaps involving icy patches and a bit of snow - could be a bit dicey. Temperatures rise well into the mid 30s on Wednesday afternoon and the sun will peek through before another precipitous decline into the low 20s overnight into Thursday.
Thursday will be colder with increasing clouds. Temperatures will get only to 30, and the low overnight into Friday will be 22.
A model projection for Friday's storm. Please note that the greens at the center of the precipiation map do not indicate rain, but heavier snow.A snow storm enters the area very late Thursday night (arriving between 11pm Thursday and 1am Friday) and continues through early Friday afternoon. Right now I'm seeing about 5-7 inches of accumulation (it's snow; no mixing here) from this storm, but I will fine-tune the forecast and send out updates as the situation warrants.
Saturday and Sunday will be frigid: highs in the low 20s, lows in the single digits, with a stiff breeze.
More snow is possible on Monday, 1/24 and Friday, 1/28 as well. No, seriously.
And now, my school schedule percentages...
Possibility of delay Wednesday 1/19: 35%
Possibility of cancellation Wednesday 1/19: 15%
Possibility of early dismissal Thursday 1/20: 20%
Possiblity of at least a delay Friday 1/21: 90%
Possibility of cancellation Friday 1/21: 80%
Stay tuned for updates / tweakage!