"THIS WEEKS STORM"

[carve]

I hear that a decent storm is brewing for around the thursday time frame..where does the rain snow line form..i live in central ohio and have heard several different forecast.We have about 2 inches of snow on the ground and hope to add to it.The last thing we need is an ice storm a week and a half from christmas.We had a very bad 1 last year just a few days before christmas.That was one ice storm i will never forget.

[Brent]

Looks like some ice and then snow... but not terribly significant for either.

This is from NWS Wilmington:

HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SLIDES EAST DURING THE DAY TOMORROW WITH A
SOUTHEAST FLOW SETTING UP AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT
IN THE MIDWEST. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE POOLS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND AS
THE H5 RIDGE BREAKS DOWN THE CLOUDS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY EARLY
WED. WARM SECTOR SHOWERS ARE A POSSIBILITY ON WED...AND THE TEMPS
AROUND THE FREEZING MARK GAVE HEADACHES WITH PTYPE. BEST CHANCE FOR
PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WED AND DUE TO THE
WARMER AIR BEING ADVECTED IN...THICKNESSES SUPPORT A WINTERY MIX FOR
MUCH OF CWA. AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE LINES OF ACCUMS...ESP WITH
SNOW...AND ANY ICE WILL LIKELY GET CUT BY THE MIX AND THE MARGINAL
SFC TEMPERATURES.

BELIEVE THAT THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY A PREDOMINANT
RAIN EVENT OVER FCST AREA FOR WED NIGHT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY N OF I-70. SNOW PACK WILL PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR
SFC TEMPS TO RISE MUCH HERE...BUT ANY BARE GROUND WILL LIKELY NOT BE
CONDUCIVE FOR A FREEZING EVENT. H8 TEMPS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD
ARE -3 AT 6Z...AND COOL TO JUST -4 OR -5 BY 12Z. THIS SHOULD LOWER
THE POTENTIAL FOR A PREVAILING PTYPE OF SNOW.

FRANKS
&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
THE MODELS ARE TRENDING FASTER WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE COLD
FRONT ON THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY...THERE COULD BE A WINTERY MIX ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW NW TO SE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING.

FOR FRIDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS AN H5 LOW SETTLES OVER
THE GREAT LAKES REGION..AND SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ROTATE ACROSS THE
AREA.

[EFrancis]

Carve: Again, I'm in Gahanna (east side of Columbus for those not from around here) and I'm expecting a bit of a mix before it turns to all snow, and as of now, I'm thinking about one or two inches of snow with a very very minor ice accumulation. I'd expect about the same for you. Don't worry though; this will be nothing like the ice storm from X-Mas 2K4.

[ohiostorm]

NWS in Pittsburgh isnt saying too much about this one. Saying totals will be low. Snow mixed with sleet and rain from Pittsburgh and south. Nothing like last week.

[angelwing]

Dang, I'm hoping we get something, last thing I saw was a possible inch of snow/sleet on Thursday PM and I'm hoping for it, I have to give a presentation and I do not like doing them!