First Winter Storm Watches Up North Central Texas to Arkansas,
Northern Mississippi
First Winter Storm Watches Up North Central Texas to Arkansas,
Northern Mississippi
Winter Storm Watches have gone up for North Central and Northeast Texas, much of Arkansas, Northern Louisiana, Northern Missisippi, and Western Tennessee for Thursday night into Friday night. Additional Winter Storm Watches will likely go up for areas to the east including the rest of Tennessee, Northern Alabama & Northern Georgia as well as the interior Carolinas.
This storm has the potential to bting 6 to 8 inches of snow in some areas of the Winter Storm Watch area. In addition we could see significant icing from freezing rain along the southern area of the Winter Storm Watch zone. This storm will impacting cities like Dallas, Fort Worth, Little Rock, Shreveport LA, Memphis Tennessee, and possibly Atlanta Georgia and Charlotte North Carolina among others.
The Weather Prediction Center has highlighted in light blue an area where there is a 70 to 90 percent chance for at least 3 inches of snow and sleet while the darker blue represents 50 to 70 percent. This area extends as far south as Birmingham Alabama and Atlantia Georgia as well as Charlotte North Carolina.
Weather models are tightly bunched together in their solutions for this storm which lends high confidence that this storm will happen. The low takes a southern route along the Gulf Coast. Cold air covers much of the Eastern US and it will difficult to dislodge that cold air as the storm nears. Precipitation devlops Wednesday night into Thursday across Northeast Texas and then spreads eastward Thursday night. By Friday the snow will reach Eastern Tennessee and North Georgia and then to the Carolinas late Thursday into Thursday night. Eventually this storm will turn northeast just off the Carolina coast. It will likely spread snow up the coast as far north as New York City and Southern New England late Friday night into Satuday.
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