Arctic Air Arrives, Southeast Gets Winter
Major blast of brutally cold air, with origins from the Arctic will arrive early next week, with another blast of winter weather for the Southeast.
Arctic Air Arrives Sunday Morning
Many folks have shared sentiments of this being a “harsh” winter. Well, the data tells us that it hasn’t been drastically harsh, but a pretty normal winter. We have been very fortunate to experience fairly mild winter with less than active stretches during the last several winters. It seems as though, I don’t know, winter is making up for some lost time? Perhaps, that is the case.
As you’ve heard across the social channels, Arctic air is on the way, and in a BIG WAY. Many of us across the central and eastern US will wake up on Sunday Morning beginning to feel the brunt of Arctic air and Monday, Tuesday and even Wednesday many across the central and eastern US will wake up to WELL-BELOW zero wind chill values with highs struggling to get much above zero. Some places might even struggle to hit zero for a high.
An Uncommon Winter Storm for the Southeast
While you'll see occasional Southeast winter storms, you don't often see them form with a track as far south as models are suggesting. Are the models wrong? Well, we all know models can just embarrassingly wrong much of the time. But, a unique facet of this winter storm is the magnitude and widespread nature of impending Arctic blast.
The storm will develop along the frontal boundary, as it so often does, but given the strength and widespread nature of the Arctic front pushing in, the storm track is much farther south than the typical, occasional winter storm for the southeast. Thanks to the Arctic plunge, the moisture needed for the storm will be suppressed much farther south and prevented from moving farther north into the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys.
Notice, how far south the areas of snow and ice develop, where even parts of northern Florida and the Florida Panhandle might see appreciable snowfall and/or ice. Not something you see everyday.
I will continue to follow the trends and developments of these weather stories as we move through the weekend.
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