Happy Friday everyone! And happy Valentine’s Day. I want to start off by saying, this will NOT be a huge impactful storm for us locally. This storm is hammering California and the west coast with flooding and heavy mountain snows. This storm will bring torrential flooding rains from Tennessee to Kentucky. But the snow component to this storm is there, but it’s not anything too crazy. That being said, we will still be impacted by this system weather-wise so let’s dive into the details.

Clouds will increase today and I’m expecting snow to move through the Region this evening. We could get a quick coating to an inch or two as this snow times up with your Valentine’s Day dinner plans–so keep in mind we could slicken things up this evening.

Snow will then become much more scattered with periods of quiet weather and periods of some snow showers Saturday. As temps begin to warm (barely) we’ll mix with some rain at times. Overall impacts Saturday look low. By Saturday night, colder air will begin to wrap into the Region and we’ll turn all snow showers with snow showers continuing on Sunday. Sunday looks trickier because we’ll be turning colder–the wind will become quite gusty–and lake effect snow will get involved. We could add a few additional inches of snow across the Region on Sunday.

This all sets the stage for very cold air next week that has some staying power. Temps Monday may not get out of the single digits with teens for highs much of next week. We’re not looking at a lot of snow from any systems next week but the cold will be persistent.

We’ll keep you updated on this weekend storm system–again, not a lot of snow from this one, but a few periods of wintry travel can be expected–this evening and then again Saturday night and Sunday.