DAILY BLOG - December 16, 2022

 Good afternoon! This is your daily weather blog and forecast for December 16, 2022. 

The primary focus for today's blog will be the extreme cold that is headed our way for the latter part of next week, and also could bring some snow. 

SHORT TERM: (Rest of today - Monday)

The short term period will remain largely a quite one, aided by an area of high pressure that will remain shunted to our south for the next couple days. No significant chances for precipitation are expected for the next several days. Highs will generally be in the 40s with overnight lows in the upper 20s and 30s for the entire area. Forecast guidance continues to develop an area of low pressure over the gulf coast early next week. This could bring some snow showers into the area Monday and Monday night. At this time, I do not expect a significant impact from this first system, but as always model trends will be monitored. 

LONG TERM: (Tuesday - Saturday) 

Perhaps the biggest concern of all the systems will be the one we are expecting Thursday and Thursday night. An arctic cold front is expected to move through the mid-south, causing temperatures to plummet. This system could bring chances for wintry weather in our area. Being this is an arctic system, the cold source is coming from the Arctic, and temperatures will already be on the chilly side to start with, so the atmosphere will not have to do a whole lot to become primed for winter weather in the area. This is definitely something to watch over the next few days. There remains quite a bit of uncertainty on the winter weather aspect of this system, but the extreme cold is coming. Now is the time to prepare for a major shot of cold air and take proper precautions. 


CONFIDENCE: 

Low confidence on precipitation. 

High confidence on all other elements. 

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