Mini Snow Event And A Chilly Weekend

2:50pm 3/7/25

A sunny Friday afternoon with clouds beginning to roll in from the west

● Quick views at 3pm across the area

●3pm TEMPS

● Plenty of dry air at the surface. Dewpoints teens. So the lower levels will take awhile to moisten up

●Radar, don’t expect the initial moisture to reach the ground.

●Future precip type off the HRRR

●Temps off the HRRR

●Snow activity increasing overnight especially post midnight. Light accumulations. This event looks better than the weak event yesterday that had very limited moisture to work with.

• Snowfall amounts look like

1-3″ above 2500′ Garrett, Preston, Somerset, Fayette, Tucker, Randolph, Grant, Pendleton, Pocahontas

2-5″ above 3500′ Tucker, Randolph, Grant, Pendleton.

■Off the models:

• 18z HRRR

• 12z GFS

• 12z ECMWF (Euro) Limiting moisture near the Mason Dixon. Euro was on par yesterday, I’m veering away from it on this event.

• 12z Canadian

• Blended Model

• 18z Nam(typically over does precip)

• WFO.(NWS)

• 6z Swiss

• 12z UK

■Winds slack for awhile tonight in to early Saturday and increased through the day Saturday and things stay pretty gusty in to Monday.

■SUMMARY

1- snow incoming tonight

2- steady temps Saturday, snow ends. Temps remain at and below freezing above 3000′ 32-35 2500-3000′

3-Gusty winds return Sat-Mon

4-Temps moderate Sunday 37-44

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