Where the snow falls next week... 6-12 inches will be possible.
FOR WEATHER GEEKS ONLY: A major storm will form over the Texas and Oklahoma early next week and track up into the Ohio River Valley. These storms are always difficult to predict as Ohio tends to see a variety of precipitation types. That will be the case once again...but areas that do see snow will pick up a bunch.
This is the latest GFS model which is trending closer to the ECMWF. Both show low pressure along the Ohio River by Tuesday. The northwest 1/3rd of Ohio can expect mainly snow. The more you go southeast, the greater the likelihood for mixed precipitation including snow, sleet, freezing rain and just plain rain. Those of you along the Ohio River will get hardly any snow and up to 2 inches of rain!
Even the Columbus area will experience some mixing. I want to caution everyone that this is an early look at the storm and changes to the intensity and track will greatly change the area of heavy snow.
Also... I want to share one concern I have about this model and the projected snowfall. Time after time I've seen these type of storms dump sleet instead of snow. Where that happens... accumulation amounts are always cut in half if not more!
We've been talking about this storm on my "WEATHER GEEK" reports for almost a week. Many of you thought I was crazy as nobody else was talking about this. What are you seeing now???? Even my friends at Weather Channel have named this storm!
As I said last night....I'm a huge snow lover and even I have to remind myself to be patient when I see models this far out. Things can and likely will change!
