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Wintry Jan 6-7 2022 Winter potential

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Cold air push seems underdone. Also, the SLP track hasn't shifted south very much like it should have with the current push of cold air. This has a suppressed trend look to it, and being that this SLP is currently tracking through central AL, I think we see another couple of bigger shifts south, putting a lot of the board in play, especially N. GA and a lot of NC. I think N. AL gets in on this too...maybe extreme northern counties. Eastern TN is going to get smacked!
 
I just saw all those people I believe in Virginia get trapped in the snow and ice on the freeway since last night. You mentioned traveling here so it made me think about it when you posted. Being stuck on the freeway for 12 or more hours would be a nightmare.
My plan was to arrive before it started, hunker down at a hotel, enjoy the snow and then leave after the sun melts the interstate. I wasn't going far off the beaten path. It just might not melt fast enough Friday and Saturday and I don't want to pay for 7 days at a hotel. Roads should be clear by Sunday afternoon, I would hope, with highs in the upper 40's, low 50's. I'll wait and catch a marginal event closer to base.
 
My plan was to arrive before it started, hunker down at a hotel, enjoy the snow and then leave after the sun melts the interstate. I wasn't going far off the beaten path. It just might not melt fast enough Friday and Saturday and I don't want to pay for 7 days at a hotel. Roads should be clear by Sunday afternoon, I would hope, with highs in the upper 40's, low 50's. I'll wait and catch a marginal event closer to base.
Tennessee is MUCH quicker at clearing interstates than the gulf coast states. We have plows. ;)
 
Tennessee is MUCH quicker at clearing interstates than the gulf coast states. We have plows. ;)
That is the truth. Blew my mind the first 6+ event here when by lunch time I could basically get anywhere I needed to go. A storm like that has school canceled the rest of the week in Greenville, NC. And our neighborhood would be icy for 3 days haha.
 
This is a Tennessee storm I think. Looks great for them.
@olhausen gon a have some great table pics! Tennessee is gonna jackpot Thursday! Temps into mid 20s for the event , then single digits FridayAM! Looks like solid 3-6”+ for them,probably 8” lollipops
 
A portion of Memphis’ AFD. Sorry, just want my couple inches of snow here in Northwest MS. ?


A shortwave trough is expected to move out of the Plains early
Thursday and across the Mississippi River during the day. The GFS
has come around to the more robust coverage of precipitation that
the ECMWF and Canadian models featured yesterday. However, both
the GFS and the ECMWF are a bit faster, bringing an end to the
precipitation by sunset. The Canadian still keeps precipitation in
west Tennessee several hours longer. The potential is there for
significant accumulations
. However, as it typical in the
Midsouth, we will likely see a mix of rain and sleet as the
precipitation begins followed by a changeover to mostly snow.
 
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This thing is really trending south quickly. So much so that even the upstate is in on what I believe would be snow based on the control. Now it doesn’t show any snow accumulation based on the totals which indicates it would be sleet. However with the 850’s that cold and the surface being right at or slightly below freezing I would almost bet it’s a snow sounding.
 
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