Flurries in Hopewell

I just got a call from a viewer in Hopewell who says there are flurries falling from the sky. A stray flake or two will be possible tonight, but most areas should remain dry despite the cloud cover.

A better chance for wintry weather will arrive on Tuesday. I just got done looking at the latest data, and it still looks like it will be cold enough to support a wet snow or even some sleet (ice pellets) early in the day Tuesday. Temperatures should warm up in the afternoon so that most precip will change over to a cold rain, which will persist on-and-off through Wednesday.

Right now it is too early to speculate on snow accumulations. There are still too many uncertainties in this forecast to start pinpointing specific amounts. Meteorologist Carrie Rose and Chief Meteorologist Zach Daniel will be in here tomorrow with more updates, so be sure to check back often!

Weather Pattern In Transition

Thanks to the Arctic plunge we experienced for the end of this month, the average temperature for January will end up being below normal. However, we are experiencing a major shift in the weather pattern and changes are headed this way. Right now the jet stream is rather flat, which always makes for a challenging forecast! In fact, we could see a wintry mix by Tuesday of this upcoming workweek (another update for this will come in the evening).



Between February 4-6, the transition will be complete and there is a good chance that we will see a long stretch of temperatures that are above average, which is typical for a La Nina weather pattern.



This is far into the future, so I will continue to track it and have more updates in the coming weeks.