ONE SNOWY BUMP IN THE ROAD....
The warm up has begun... and it felt great Saturday! Sunshine and temperatures in the 20s and 30s... the warmest we've been in two weeks. Here's a look at the high temperatures across the Midwest:
Sunday will be a mild day, but it comes with a side of snow. Temperatures will get an extra little boost from the storm system coming in:
And then snow moves in from west to east across the area Sunday morning through the evening. Here's an animation of the hi-resolution NAM model from 2 am Sunday to 2 am Monday:
This will be a quick-hitting system, but with how cold it's been lately the snow will accumulate on the roads as several inches fall. As such, the National Weather Service has issued Winter Weather Advisories.
Here's their latest snowfall forecast:
This is pretty consistent with my forecast and I'll show you some of the latest data. The hi-res NAM:
The HRRR (which is overdoing SW Iowa):
The GFS:
After this snowy bump in the road... the warm up continues as we head into the new week! High pressure will build in the upper levels of the atmosphere and will attempt to warm things up.
It will be fighting a deep snowpack so temperatures won't be as warm as they could be, but we should be near and above the freezing mark Monday-Wednesday:
The pattern does remain active and picks up again later next week. More on that tomorrow...
RK
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