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Sunday, February 06, 2011

Winter May Not Be Over Just Yet

We're watching the possibilities of a snow event for the region, beginning on Wednesday night and going into Thursday night.

And to add insult to injury, we may find ourselves in the coldest air of the winter right afterward.. maybe even single digits.

The aforementioned system should begin in the western Gulf of Mexico, bringing lots of trouble with it as it tracks eastward into our area.

Of course, the storm hasn't even formed yet, and if this were any other winter, we could probably disregard some of the tools we look at suggesting a major winter storm along the Atlantic Seaboard and in part of the South.

If this storm develops, it will begin as a swath of snow and wintry mix over the southern Plains and the lower Mississippi Valley Wednesday, then roll into the Southeast Wednesday night, and the Northeast Thursday.

The track and strength of this particular storm, if it indeed occurs, will determine precipitation type and intensity for tens of millions of people. And storm or not, more intense cold will empty out of the Arctic into much of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

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