January thaw Monday and Tuesday, with highs in the well into the 30s and 40s both days. Likely the last warm spell for January.
Light mixed precipitation possible Tuesday, along with gustier winds.
Unsettled Thursday and Friday, with snow likely.
Tuesday night will feature strong CAA, with winds looking to gust up to around 40mph. Although PoPs are pretty minimal, as we go through the night, we`ll see temperatures in the stratus layer cool into the DGZ, which means we should start getting some flurries as well, though this moisture layer looks shallow, so it`s unlikely we`ll get enough snow to accumulate. For Wednesday, we get cold and dry high pressure. This means we`ll get to see some sun, though highs Wednesday will be running a good 20 degrees cooler than what we`ll see Tuesday.
Basically, it looks like once snow starts flying on Thursday, it doesn`t stop until Saturday morning. By Saturday morning, much of the region could see 2-3" of snow, with an overachieving snowfall amount over the multi-day period looking to be 4 inches. Most of this snow we get this period looks to come Thursday afternoon/evening as it initially moves in. Will have to watch to see if the snow timing aligns with the rush hour on Thursday for tricky travel conditions.
Behind this snow, it will be much colder for the weekend, especially on Saturday, where highs will struggle to get out of the single digits. In addition to this colder air settling in, this may also be the start of another clipper storm train pattern like that period from Thanksgiving into early December.
Time will tell, but the second half of January is certainly looking to be much colder than the first half of the month and feature more snow as well, with the cold January rains looking to be done after Tuesday morning.
Kathryn Prociv, CCM
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