Saturday, January 06, 2007
Impending Winter Weather!?
Impending Winter Weather!?
Some of the long range forecasting models have been progressively hinting at an arctic outbreak around the 12th-13th of the present month. This could bring in overnight lows in the low teens and single digits. On a more interesting note, successive short wave disturbances look to be moving through the mean trough of low pressure that will be carved out by this cold air, should it hit. If that's the case and it's a big "if", then we could luck out or be stuck with some winter precipitation, depending on your take on snow, sleet and the dreaded freezing rain.
Certainly, we've been mild. In fact the average high for Fort Smith so far this year has been 57 degrees which is about 11 degrees above average. Fayetteville has averaged a high of 51 degrees, which is 7 degrees above average. With our weather pattern being dominated by northwesterly flow for the next several days those average highs look to drop down and only time will tell what late next weekend has in store for us. But, if you're a snow fan, at least there's a glimpse of hope.
THINK SNOW!
Meteorologist Ted Zarras
Posted by Ted Zarras at 8:43 PM
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