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Wintry 1/20 - 1/23 Winter Storm

Wakefield has upped totals slightly for their Winter Storm Warning for coastal counties along the Chesapeake Bay, and seem to be hinting at the fact that blizzard conditions may be possible without going so far as issuing a blizzard warning.

"Periods of moderate to heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph near the immediate coast."
 
I'm expecting around 1-2.5 inches of snow for Columbia and 0.5-2 inches for Aiken/Augusta. Nothing major,but just enough snow to keep us satisfied until next winter or atleast we get a pattern that conductive for a big snowfall around here. Wish us luck to truly finally our snowless streak broken today.
Man 2 inches is massive for a place that hasn’t seen widespread 1 inch totals in nearly 8 years.
 
This is a classic pre snow storm look on radar View attachment 109197
It something seeing the radar beginning to fill in like that… even though it’s light stuff. The best upper dynamics are still well back to the west and won’t be here for a few hours still
 
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Cloud cover associated with our jet appears to be more northward than guidance suggets. Check out the IR satellite that has high clouds in the southern tip of Ohio (sorry the outlining is terrible its just COD) compared to the RGEM which has that feature only only barely extending into kentucky. This may suggest that the placement of the jet (and associated divergence aloft) is either stronger or more north than modeled.
 
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