The National Weather Service (NWS) has released snow maps for first part of the potential winter storm headed our way Tuesday into Wednesday. The potential storm is expected to start during the day on Tuesday and last into Wednesday, but the maps only show projected totals until 7pm on Tuesday.
Last week you may have seen weather enthusiasts publishing snow maps showing a very high snow output for this potential storm. The reason many reliable sources don’t share those types of maps that far out is because there is usually little chance that they verify. It doesn’t mean they can’t eventually be right, but In this situation, we have gone from a potential snow event of 6+ inches to almost no snow last night and back to some snow for our area.
The NWS is currently thinking 2 inches for the first part of this storm with a “high end amount” of 6 inches and a “low end amount” of no snow. Things will start to get a little more clear after the Sunday morning/afternoon runs of the GFS and Euro, which should start to converge on one idea rather than the windshield wiper runs that have gone back and forth with snow amounts.
“So anywhere between zero to 12 inches???” Yes, unfortunately. While meteorologists and forecasters can share their thoughts on model runs as they come in (based on what they see and what they’ve experienced), the range of possibilities remains pretty wide. We’ll continue to monitor and provide you with updates on what has become quite an exciting winter in terms of following potential storms.
