Frigid, then snowy?

Monday, February 18, 2008

Frigid, then snowy?

10:30pm - An update on the snowy GFS model. It's not quite as robust with snowfall, but it still appears that accumulating snow is still likely for areas of downstate Illinois. Should it track farther north, we will begin talking about accumulations. Right now it may only bring us more nuisance snow. More on Tuesday. Have a good night. -ES

Previous post - Wind Chill Advisories are in effect tonight for all of Northern Illinois. Chills will exceed -20 for a few hours tonight as the temperature dips below zero. A record cold high temperature is anticipated for Wednesday with a record cold low temperature expected for Thursday morning.

After that, the GFS weather model is spinning up a pretty major snowmaker which could have implications on our forecast. This scenario just sprang up on this morning's model run so I'm hesitant to put up the red flags. Should it be on the evening run (which comes out right at 10pm) there may be a better chance of it coming to fruition...and shoveling occur. Once we get some consistency, we can begin to guess on some snow amounts. Stay tuned! -ES

7 comments:

Cassi said...: I'm not facing that direction. Plus, I can't see anything anyway because of my hat, scarf, and hood.

Make it go away.; 5:53 PM, February 18, 2008
Anonymous said...: Y'know ... the worst part about it is that it just keeps going on and On and ON and ON...

My favorite local store had flower and vegetable seeds featured prominantly at the checkout counter this weekend.

Instead of thinking about how tired I am of winter I think I'm going to start focusing on how much I'm going to appreciate Spring!; 5:56 PM, February 18, 2008
Justin said...: Who wants to make a bet? 4:1 odds we go straight from winter to summer.; 6:37 PM, February 18, 2008
Southern Charm said...: If I remember right, we went from Summer straight to Winter last year, so anything's possible. It doesn't seem right picking out pumpkins in shorts and a tank top with sweat drippin' off ya! That's just all kinds of wrong. . . .; 7:45 PM, February 18, 2008
tony said...: Well based on erics 10pm newscast, sounds like thursday may be just flurries and nothing more. Eric, do you think there is any chance we will break the record of 78-79 or is that looking slim now since we are close to march.; 10:27 PM, February 18, 2008
Staff said...: Justin, How about this, I think Eric will let us do this bet you some cookies from Loglis, your choice if we do not go from winter to summer!!!! I am for sure I will loose out on this dude! LOL; 11:37 PM, February 18, 2008
Staff said...: I think I am going on strike..... What I am striking for is match and some firewood and start summer off early lol!; 11:39 PM, February 18, 2008

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Eric has over twelve years of experience in broadcast Meteorology and is the only local Meteorologist who was born and raised in Rockford! In June 2008 he was given the prestigious Silver Dome Award for best TV weathercast from the Illinois Broadcasters Association. He attended St. Edwards Grade School and Boylan High School here in Rockford before heading to Northern Illinois University. After receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology, Eric worked at KTRE-TV in Lufkin, Texas and KLTV in Tyler, Texas. His parents live in Belvidere and are loyal viewers every night. He has an older brother who lives in the Chicagoland area and a sister who watches WREX on a fuzzy tv up in East Troy, Wisconsin. He's happy to share his Rockford home with an 8 year old black lab named Theo. Around the station Theo's been nicknamed the "13 Weather Lab."

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Monday, February 18, 2008