2008.01.29
The next wintry threat down the road
We will get a fair amount of rain and wind tonight as a new cold front pushes through, and maybe some snow showers in the morning. Wind advisories and a few high wind warnings are out for tonight.
The next big thing on the horizon is the ice storm potential on Thursday night and Friday. The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center already has us in slight to moderate risk of significant icing, defined as .25 inch or greater. This will be caused by a new low pressure system, quite a strong one, sweeping a lot of Gulf moisture up and over a cold air mass at the surface. Check out this map for forecasted precipitation totals -- yep, that's about an inch of liquid. Hopefully that won't all be ice for us.
If the linked maps above look a little different than I described, it could be that they have been updated by HPC. I'll get some fresh information up later this evening.
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