When Will It Snow?

Wow, a month between posts? That usually means things got pretty boring. In fact, it did. After a couple light snows in November it looked like we were setting up for a snowy December.

Wrong.

November saw a respectable 2.1" of snow in Columbus, while December really hasn't had any. The airport has reported 0.4" but I'd love to know how they came up with that. We had a streak to start the month in the 50s and 60s, followed by a cool but dry spell. Now here were are in the middle, mild but lots of rain today.

So the question isn't really will it snow... but WHEN will it snow? We know it's coming eventually, but could our first major snow of the season happen in time for a White Christmas?

Lets look forward to Friday, December 21st, when the parade of rain-making southern lows continues. What will be different about this one is the cold air it'll usher in on the backside. So while the majority of the event will be a mild rain, as the low departs we could see a changeover to snow:

This doesn't give us our White Christmas, but it does set us up going in to the 24th-25th timerange for a possible clipper to develop and drop down in to our area:

This is from the end of the Euro run and doesn't actually show anything developed, but it's a long way off. After that low departs off the New England coast, the northwest flow rule will be in effect, so the potential will absolutely be there for a storm to develop.

Now it's just a waiting game. The players will be there, but will it all develop? I can't say we have an incredible shot at a White Christmas, but I feel like it's higher than normal.

I'll be posting a lot more leading up to Christmas.