Good Friday everyone and welcome to the weekend. It looks like a very cold weekend for the tri state with temps having a tough time cracking the 32 degree mark. We also have our clipper to watch out for as it can bring some light accumulating snows to the area.

Let's start with where we are right now. Temps will be in the upper teens to low 20s to start out today. Some icy spots could be out there early in the day so be on guard for those when traveling. A mix of sun and clouds will be with us with the smallest chance for a passing flurry. Highs will struggle to get out of the upper 20s to low 30s.

We watch our clipper quickly heading into the great lakes on Saturday as an arctic front sweeps across the tri state by late in the day into Saturday night. This front will have a band of light snow with it and it will move from northwest to southeast. Temps will be around the freezing mark for afternoon highs. Winds will be rather gusty as well. 

Here is the GFS for Saturday Afternoon...



Saturday Evening


Those maps tend to overdue the overall coverage of the precip so don't get carried away thinking this is a big snow coming. My thoughts on accumulations remain the same. A light snowfall is possible and this is especially true the farther north and east you live in. Here are the current "Vegas" odds on you seeing snow on the ground this weekend...

The key word remains LIGHT as I just can't see this quick moving system put down more than an inch or two at max. The mountains will get their usual several inches out of this. This should make for a nice wintry scene for most areas come later Saturday into early Sunday. The air coming in behind the front will be the coldest we have had thus far. Highs Sunday will likely stay in the 20s and Monday morning lows should hit the low to mid teens.

Next week is going to be one heck of a mess across the central and eastern part of the country. The models are not going to be a whole lot of help as they will be  doing their best imitation of this place...

They will be waffling back and forth on everything as the models have more on their plates than they can handle. Maybe they got their hash browns scattered, smothered and covered!

Regardless... you get the point. We have been seeing some WILD runs of all the models for next week and that will continue in both directions over the weekend before everything gets worked out.

Don't get caught up on any of the runs. We do know a couple of things that look pretty certain. We will be seeing a big low, or lows, coming out of the south next week and these will have a ton of moisture to work with. Arctic air will be moving south into the country at the same time. How all that interacts remains to be seen. But... it will make for some fun times ahead tracking it all and trying to put the pieces together. For snow lovers... here is hoping that square peg finally fits into the round hole!




I will be updating the blog through the weekend as usual so make sure to check back! Have a great Friday and I will chat with you soon. Take care!