Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Several Snow Chances Coming this Week

After dealing with the snow Monday you almost don't want to think of the possibilty of more coming later this week.  We'll see a series of clipper type systems move through over the next couple of days that, with each passing, will bring the chance for more snow.  The next one lined up will develop out west and take more of a southern route as an upper level trough moves through the Plains.  The current track of this takes it into Colorado by Wednesday night and through the lower Mississippi River valley by Thursday morning.  This track would yield a higher accumulating snow for central and southern Illinois with just a light dusting across the Stateline.  However, as it has been with the past tracks of these systems, they have had a tendency to shift further north over time.  If that were the case then our chances would go up for accumulating snow. 

The next clipper will slide southeast Friday night/Saturday bringing another shot of snow followed by another (potentially stronger) system early next week.

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