More Cold Air!!

The current cold snap will last two more days before more seasonable air returns to the region the second half of the weekend. This week has brought the coldest air of the winter season to the area. Low temperatures Thursday dropped below zero (0) with wind chills reaching twenty below (-20). As warned in the update a forecast bust occurred as the area did not see major snowfall from the lake effect event Wednesday. The air was plenty cold enough and the shear was low but an absence of deep moisture doomed the event. Another Alberta Clipper system tracked through the region overnight Thursday and spread a quick two to four (2-4) inches of snow across the area. Early morning temperatures approached twenty (20) degrees but are not heading down as Arctic air is ushered back into the region. Saturday will be the last bitterly cold day before temperatures next week rise to near seasonable levels.  An update to the severe weather that affected the South on January 3^rd and 4^th is now available. A total of twenty- four (24) tornadoes affected Mississippi (8), Alabama (9), and Georgia (7). Most were weak but a couple strong tornadoes did form as well.

Currently arctic air is flowing back into the region. Temperatures have fallen from their early morning highs and seem destined to fall to near zero (0) Saturday morning. Strong winds will send wind chills to near minus twenty (-20) overnight. Saturday temperatures will struggle to rise all day and may not reach their highs in the teens (10’s) till midnight.

On Sunday the area will be experiencing moderating temperatures as the arctic air moves off to the east. High temperatures will approach thirty (30) degrees which is seasonably cold. A weak storm system will move through the Ohio Valley overnight Sunday into Monday. It may spread a light snowfall accumulating a couple inches into the region.

The weather the rest next week should largely be quiet. Temperatures will remain near seasonable levels with high temperatures a few degrees on either side of thirty (30). Air of pacific origin begin to dominate the entire nation as the week progresses.  Any weak system that does affect with area should do so with very light precipitation.