Tuesday, December 29, 2015

More Snow for the Stateline

While all of the Winter Storm Warnings for the Stateline have expired, we still have to get through a little more snow before a period of dry weather arrives.

For Tuesday morning we're noticing light flurries and even patchy freezing drizzle mixing in across portions of the Stateline. This could cause more slickness on the already slick
roads as you head out, so it'll be one of those mornings you'll want to take your time. The rest of the afternoon will be cloudy and colder as temperatures fall into the upper 20's.


Another disturbance will pass through the Stateline area Wednesday morning. This will produce enough lift in the atmosphere to get snow to fall. We won't see much in term of accumulations, around an inch or so through noon Wednesday. It will be just enough to keep roads slick again through Wednesday, so another day to take it slower. The rest of the day will be cloudy and colder with high temperatures near 30°.

After Wednesday, we'll see a period of direr weather for the Stateline. That doesn't mean we won't see any rain or snow, but overall the active pattern that we had been seeing will begin to chance. The northern branch of the jet stream will actually lift to the north, along the U.S. Canadian Border, and keeps the Canadian cold contained to the north. The southern, and more active branch, will break away and stay contained to the deep south. This keeps most of the wet weather contained to the south near southern California and southern Texas. This doesn't mean we won't have rain/snow chances, it means the overall wet pattern that we have been seeing will slow down. It also means that overall into January we warm up a bit, after a cold week ahead. Not a bad way to kick of the new year!

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