The Forecast for Snow Lovers

 It's officially winter now as we've gotten our first official snowfall of the season!! Our area got anywhere from .2 to .4 inches, with a couple areas of De Kalb ending up with half an inch.  Luckily the accumulation was small enough to where the roads were easily cleared.  However, there are still a few slick spots out there, so continue to take precaution.

Clouds will be building up later this evening, paving the way for more of the white particles that we'll see tonight.  However, it'll only be flurries, with chances kicking in after midnight until after 3am.  Our snow lovers are in luck, because multiple snow chances are on the way.

This low pressure system, which will move in early Monday morning, will bring a warm front that'll generate some snow showers up in Wisconsin.





However, this cold front will be what pushes that snow into our area Monday evening.  At this point it's only expected to last a couple hours, not as long as it did Friday night, so accumulations will more than likely be smaller.




Along with that, we've got a pattern set up next week that will allow for multiple systems to pass through our area.  Thus, the multiple snow chances.

It all starts with this high pressure system, which is anchored out over the western half of the U.S.  This is the same high that is causing the wild fires to occur in California, allowing for the Santa Ana winds to generate.  This high will keep the jet stream flowing north of the western U.S.




The eastern portion of the U.S. is influenced by this extension of the Polar Vortex.  This is allowing the jet stream to dip down into the deep south, keeping much of the eastern U.S. with wintry weather. 



This setup will allow the jet stream to travel over our area, which will allow any system that forms to pass over us.  This pattern will stay active through most of next week, keeping those snow chances with us into next weekend.