The warmest day until next year

December 29, 2024 7:35am

A mild start and a “warmish” wet end to today. We won’t see temperatures this warm again until next year. We do though stay above normal until the front midweek. Winds increasing through today, as well as the rain.

▪︎7:20am Radar

▪︎Temps at 7am. Mainly 40s, 50s. Some low 60s west

▪︎ Temps this afternoon under wet conditions, mainly 50s with low elevation 60s.

▪︎ Rainfall amounts for this round.

• 6z Euro

• 6z GFS

▪︎ Colder air works in tonight. If any lingering moisture exist by tomorrow morning, some flakes are possible across the WV tops that should fall to around 32 above 3800-4100′. Otherwise we wait until the passage of one more bout of rain to snow midweek that sets off an extended return to winter. The midweek to late week period looks like the opportunity for at least several inches of fluffy upslope snows.

• 6z EURO PRECIP

• 6z EURO TEMPS

▪︎ The more advertised and extreme winter opportunities exist further out in the 8-14 day period. Modeling has plenty of variation on to how extreme that can be run to run and as of right now. NO ONE knows the intensity in which the cold comes with, or the storm tracks of the systems in that period. Be cautious of hype, but also mindful that the extreme possibility is on the table. It’s simply too early to save anytime for certain that far out in detail.