Enter the Winter

Now THIS is finall starting to look like winter. Today, not so much, with the high winds and temps close to 60. But the rest of the week finally gets us in the winter feeling.

First we will see these winds die down overnight and shift northwesterly. Then we see a common site after a strong storm passage: snow squalls. We'll see "streets" of snow lined up from Lake Michigan to Central Ohio as the day goes on. Don't be surprised if a handful of areas recieve a quick dusting.

Tomorrow will be a blustery day. Gusty winds, snow squalls and temps won't get out of the 20s.

And finally the weekend comes, where we should get our first real snow of the season. I talked about this potential a couple days ago, and now media and models are catching on to it.

As of now it doesn't appear to be a blockbuster event by any means, but a 2-3" event in the middle of an extremely snowless winter will feel like we hit the lottery.

I'll go in to more detail in the upcoming days about how this storm will play out, but a few days out shows a southern low that'll stay far enough south to keep us cold, allowing the northern fringe of moisture to fall as all snow:

It should be enough to shovel, but no so much that we shut the city down. A late start to snow season, but better late than never. I'll post much more coming up soon.