Sunday, January 5, 2020

Tuesday Snow Threat(first snow threat of the new decade/year!)

On Tuesday, there is a chance for winter weather. The weather is supposed to be mixed rain and snow, with some all snow weather happening for places in N&W MoCo(including Northern downcounty), and some all rain for places in S&E MoCo. The accumulations of this won't be significant(Coating-1"), but it could have a threat and is definitely something to watch out for. The timings of this storm would give us an early release(the timings are 12:30PM-7PM)(4PM for GFS)(if there would be an impact). Temperatures should be above freezing when the precipitation falls, so the snow/mixed snow and rain won't probably won't stick on roads/sidewalks, but more on grassy areas. The NWS has given a yellow rating(slight threat)(threat could cause minor disruptions) for N and W MoCo, but no threat for S and E MoCo. This is probably is because in Southern MoCo, there will mostly rain. In terms of accumulations, there would be a trace(0.05") to 1 inch of snow. Icy spots and snow sticking wouldn't really be an issue, but slush could. Slush is as bad as snow sticking, but I am not even sure there would be slush to begin with. Because of this, I don't think there will be an impact. However, temps will fall below freezing Tuesday night, so it is possible that the rain/snow could refreeze and could cause some icy spots the next day. I will be watching this and give an update tomorrow about this threat.

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