26 Dec 2010 Extended Forecast

A GRADUAL WARM UP WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TO THE EAST. BY MID WEEK TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WELL ABOVE THE SEASONAL AVERAGE FOR LATE DECEMBER...SO OUR CURRENT
SNOW COVER WILL BEGIN TO MELT AWAY AS AFTERNOON HIGHS REACH THE
MID 20S TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE STATE.

LOOKING AHEAD...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION
BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH NEW YEARS
DAY. TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE WILL BE WARM
ENOUGH FOR RAIN...WHILE IN THE WESTERN HALF THERE WILL BE A
BETTER CHANCE FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW.
HIGHS WILL REACH THE 30S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 50S SOUTHEAST BY
FRIDAY WITH LOWS WARMING TO THE LOWER 20S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 40S
SOUTHEAST BY FRIDAY.......POW CTY WILL BE IN THE BULLSEYE/TRANSITION PART OF THE STORM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF IDEAS BEING FLOATED AROUND.  THE PATTERN LOOKS ALOT LIKE A SPRINGTIME PATTERN - WITH A QUICK LOOK BACK AT WINTER......THE RESULT WILL BE A WINTER MIX EARLY IN THE PERIOD, CHANGING TO RAIN (POSSIBLE A TSTORM) MID-WAY THRU, AND SNOW TO END THINGS OUT.

THE PATTERN SUPPORTS WIDESPREAD RAIN AND FOG WED AND THURS WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY......EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR FROM LATER WED INTO LATE FRIDAY.  THIS COUPLED WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL CAUSE FAST SNOW MELT ALLOWING THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSHERE TO SATURATE......BIG CHANGE SATURDAY AS SYSTEM MOVES EAST.  VERY COLD CANADIAN AIR WILL OVERRUN THE AREA - SQUEEZING OUT ANY MOISTURE LEFT BEHIND FROM SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL.  THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST SUNDAY.............     

26 Dec 2010 Extended Forecast


Today thru Tues 26th thru 28th - Dry - Highs in the Mid to High Teens increasing to High 20's by Tues - Lows 5-10.


Wed/Thurs 29th/30th - Freezing Rain/FOG Overnite Wed - Rain and FOG Thursday - Becomming Windy - Highs 35-45 - Lows 31-40.


New Years Eve and Sat 1 Jan 2011 - Lt Rain/FOG (Isolated Tstorm Later Friday) Changing to Lt Snow Overnite into Saturday and BCMG Windy - High Temps Low 40's Friday dropping to near 25 Saturday.


Sun/Mon 2nd/3rd - Flurries Sunday - Then Dry Monday.


Tues thru Sat 4th thru 8th - Partly to Mostly Cloudy - Lt Snow Wed - Otherwise Dry.


Sun thru Tues 8th thru 11th - Snow.