ANOTHER SHOT OF SNOW, BITTER COLD

As we dig out from one of the biggest snowfalls for a November day on record in many areas, we are already eyeing the next potential hit of wintry weather in the coming days. Models have come in good agreement for a quick-moving system later in the day Monday towards early Tuesday morning. This is far from what we just experienced, just insult to injury mostly.

One potential problem with this system is that it will likely have impacts on t

he Monday evening commute as the timing is Monday afternoon through the evening, as indicated by the HRRRR. We will be impacted by the early manifestation of this storm before it gets much stronger. Along the northeast US this could be a much more impactful event.

MODEL BLEND

The National Model Blend I think has a really good handle on this system in our area with a fairly wide swath of 1-3" of snow. A few pockets of 4" are certainly likely with this as well. With this system it's not so much the amount of snow that's the problem, it's again the timing.

The HRRR

The HRRR is along the same lines with a wide area of 1-3" of snow from about Dubuque, Iowa to Quincy, Illinois with Iowa City and the Quad Cities looking to get hit in the center by this system. This should also impact areas like Chicago and generate some big lake effect snow on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan.

The combination of the fresh snow and a strong cold front will send temperatures plummeting mid-week. Lows are looking likely to dip below zero with highs in the single digits to low teens area wide! Here's the gridded forecast for the Quad Cities above. It certainly looks a lot more like winter heading into early December!

THURSDAY MORNING

FRIDAY MORNING

The European model is putting out some cold temperatures to start your Thursday and Friday!

Hope you all enjoyed the winter storm and I hope we were able to provide the best-possible forecast and information for you to get through it. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend,

-Meteorologist Nick Stewart