Snow on Hold

A few days ago we outlined the possibility for several snow storms in the coming days. While that hasn't entirely worked out for, the encouraging news is that the storm pattern is still very active, and we'll have at least one more crack at a snow day or delay in the next 7-10 days.

We may see a short period of wet snow tonight, but it will change over to rain and drizzle tomorrow.

The Sunday/Monday storm that we were hoping would "go coastal" is going to track very far inland. Being on the east side of the storm means warm air will stream in from the south, turning any initial snow to rain. Alas, Monday is looking like a dreary, soggy day.

Snow, though, will come back into the picture Wednesday into Thursday of next week. Another clipper system will move in from the west. Only 1-3 inches of snow is expected, but the commute could be messy enough to warrant delays on Thursday.

In case you were wondering, this fall/winter has produced a historically low amount of snow. Only 10% of the US has snow cover right now, which is half of what we usually see by December 1. A good snow pack helps keep temps down, which obviously helps to create more snow.

Not much snow out there anywhere.

Flake followers need to keep the faith. At some point--on a school day--we'll get enough cold air in place with enough liquid precipitation to give us a day off.