The Snow is Coming…The Snow is Coming…
(this title is not the real title in my head, but i’m becoming wiser in my old age…email me for the real title if you like) Also thanks to Bob Jensen and Jimmy Rogers for pushing me into the 21st century and setting up this blog for me!
Now to the white stuff…I’m excited. Ok, you all know that I’m excited at the mention of snow, so that’s nothing extraordinary. What’s different here is that the expectation for this winter was hot, hot and more hot…which has really been the case so far. Now, in a sea of La Niña driven warmth, we’re actually going to have a little winter in Raleigh over the next week or so. It started with the cold shot on Tuesday and the not-much-of-anything event this morning. I got about a tenth of an inch of slushy snow here at the house. From conversations with others, apparently I was lucky.
So, about Saturday, a couple of days ago it looked like this storm would harmlessly scoot out to sea. Now, it looks like Raleigh will get a decent, honest to goodness snow. Friday should be warm and then the next shot of arctic air begins to arrive on Sat just as the moisture arrives from a Gulf storm racing along the SE coast. This will be the opposite case from the Friday storm in that this time, the cold air will be rushing into the moisture as opposed to the moisture filtering into retreating cold air. Now there’s a lot to go wrong in this setup and i’ll detail more of this tomorrow, but for now know this. I think there will be a band of 6+” somewhere in central to eastern NC. And since there’s arctic air infiltrating thru the event, Sunday should be a tough-go for the ole Jesus commute. Then, with clearing skies on Sunday night, and a fresh snow pack it’s not too much of a stretch to think we might make it to single digits on Monday morning!
We’ll see. In the meantime, i’ll crunch the numbers and update you tomorrow.
peace, trex
January 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I am honored we made the invite list to the blog!! I love that you have friends named Duckie and Babs…I know a guy named Bubbles, he’s a drummer, of course. Looking forward to the big snow event. Better head out to the Teeter for “supplies” (aka stuff to make nachos, beer, marshmellows, hot cocoa, etc.). Ski on over for some snacks if it materializes! All are welcome!
Anne
January 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Hello Mike
Ginger Rice, a member of your church, introduced me to your website. I have been a weather lover since I was a kid. We had a local weatherman in Wilson named Joe Overman. We called him SNOW Overman because he was a snow lover too. I look forward to additional updates
January 18th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Thanks for including me on the list. As a relocated Northeasterner, I am a big snow fan, too. I will be suing you for breach of promise, though, if it doesn’t work out.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
How wonderful this is! I love it and it is just as creative as you are Mike! Yeah God!
January 18th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Welcome to the 21st century - and thanks for the update!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Yeah, now my 7th graders studying the atmosphere have another cool site!
January 18th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Sunday night sounds like a perfect evening for posing outside in a loin cloth.
“J the B”
January 18th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
This is great…thanks!
January 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
This is great! So proud of you! How deep will it be in China Grove?
January 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
How about the area around Todd, NC Monday/Tuesday? The days we are moving.
January 19th, 2008 at 7:36 am
A little snow bird told me about this website. Thanks, Mike, for giving us a fun way to learn about weather! (Sorry but I’m hoping for rain this time…)
January 19th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I love your new weather blog! It’s even better than receiving updates via e-mail! Unfortunately, I am disappointed with the light turnout! You should replace Greg Fischel on WRAL TV5….you’re way more c-o-o-l!
January 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I finally found your weather predictions, but I already knew that we’d have something in the way of precipitation. The birds told me so!!
I love you inspite of my poo-pooing your forecasts.