The cold air will arrive after the rain
Posted Dec29, 2007 at 10:08 PM
The cold air appears to be arriving too late for much more than just another cold rain on Sunday. While we can't rule out some freezing rain in some of the colder areas just to the north like the Greenbrier Valley of West Virginia and maybe even Virginia's Alleghany Highlands, a little mixed-in sleet here and there, and perhaps some brief wet snow on the back side of the rain as colder air wraps into the system Sunday night, this looks like a potential winter storm with a few pieces missing.
Later in the week, a sharp shot of true Arctic air is expected to arrive on New Year's Day. This won't last terribly long, maybe 3-5 days, but we could have a day or two where the temperature struggles to make the freezing mark. We'll probably get our typical snow showers on stiff northwest winds, accumulating in favored upslope ares to the west, and there are some signs that a vigorous Alberta clipper could make a move at us Wednesday. If there is enough moisture, that could deliver a quick shot of snow.
Beyond this coming cold snap, early-mid January is looking quite warm.
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