Hope For Breaking Our Snow Drought?

To answer the question asked in the title of this post, let me start off by saying, "Very little.." At least anytime soon. As Candice posted earlier today, we had a small chance to break our drought this afternoon with a few light snow showers. That didn't happen. Now Rockford is setting its sights on number three all-time on the snow drought list. The last time we saw measurable snow was on March 4th. Here's a quick recap:

As of 12/9/12

If we see no snow through Monday, that would set the record here in Rockford (Chicago actually broke their own snow drought record today with 281 days without accumulating snow). A quick look at the seven-day forecast shows one shot at keeping us from entering record setting territory.

A storm system is currently forecast to roll through on Saturday, but much like this past weekend's system, it looks like it will be just far enough to our north that we'll see mostly rain, with some snow mixing in during the evening. A lot can change between now and Saturday, but at this point, don't be surprised if we're talking about a record snow drought before this is over. -BA