Winter Storm Watch

Another winter storm is heading our way. This storm is much stronger and has the potential to put down snow in the double digit range! Forecasters have been suggesting that the storm is trending further north. That's not all that great though. The heavy snow will be on the north side of the storm of course with sleet and freezing rain in the center. It looks like we will have a lot of snow here, but it could be cut down by some ice. I personally don't want the ice because it causes more problems than the snow and doesn't look as nice. Besides, this storm will have wind with it too and if we get snow with a little ice on top it won't drift very well.

Here's a map of the winter storm watch as of this morning. I don't seen any ice storm warnings at this time though.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
MONDAY AND INTO THE LOWER TENNESSEE VALLEY ON TUESDAY. ABUNDANT
GULF MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION.
THIS WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION.

SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS A COLD
FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES MAY ACTUALLY WARM
ENOUGH FOR THIS TO BE A SNOW AND RAIN MIX IN SOME LOCATIONS ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. COLDER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH
WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ON MONDAY
NIGHT...EXCEPT IN PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY WHERE SLEET WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON TUESDAY...HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AND SOME WARM
AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD NORTH. THE LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT A MIX
OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL OHIO...WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AS WELL. ELSEWHERE THE
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
FINALLY WIND DOWN ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM MOVES OFF TO THE
EAST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. IN
ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

THERE STILL IS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TRACK OF THE STORM AND
THUS HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION...THE LOCATION
WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM ALL SNOW
TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND ICE MAY CHANGE.