2010 goes out with...

A warm up and possibly heavy rain.

First things first I am getting concerned with a possible Freezing Rain event Wednesday night into Thursday AM. There could be a possibly a 4-6 hour window of Freezing Rain before the warm front lifts into Northern Ontario. That will then push temperatures above freezing starting around lunch time and it will stay above freezing until New Years Day. Highs Wed will be around 30. Upper 20s for lows on Wednesday Night. Then Thursday once the warm front lifts through will easily get into the 40s.

Thick fog with the rapid snow melt will be an issue come Thursday night. I think our lows by early Friday AM our no colder than 40. Friday (New Years Eve) afternoon highs believe it or not will get into the lower 50s. During New Years eve a strong cold front will approach from the west. Heavy rain is possible with maybe even a chance of some thunder. Right now though I'm betting on the rain/thunder holds off til after midnight. New Years day I think we hit the high in the AM (Upper 40s) then temps will be falling during the afternoon Saturday back into the 20s. Rain will be changing to snow and any water on the roads will turn to ice.

TK.

P.S... Maps of this system is on my previous blog.

North Dakota Snow...

Winter storm and possible blizzard conditions will move into North Dakota starting very late Wednesday and continuing into New Years Day. This is going to be a 3 round punch. Round 1 Snow for Northern North Dakota (Devils Lake-Williston Points North) Wednesday Night into Thursday with up to 6-12" of snow . Round 2 Snow for areas east of Bot/Devils Lake/Bismarck starting very early Friday into New Years Eve with up to a foot of snow possible towards Fargo. Round 3 for all North Dakota. Strong winds and dangerous cold wind chills starting late Thursday into New Years Weekend.

Above is Thursday AM's weather map. You can see the heaviest amount of pre-cip/snow will be across Northern ND.

First system is moving out into northern MN. Second wave is moving into KS. There will be a lull in the snow late Thursday night. Before the second system starts to move northeast. Winds will start to Increase late Thursday.

This is Friday Morning Above... Nebraska/South Dakota will more than likely be getting pounded with heavy snow. Winds will be an issue for all of ND by this time creating below zero wind chills and possibly blizzard conditions.

Second storm system moves into MN Friday Night (above) as you can see with this one... Eastern ND/Fargo really taking it on the chin with this one. Dangerous wind chills possibly up to 40 below are possible with strong winds creating blizzard conditions by Friday Night across the entire state. Air temps Friday across most of the state will struggle to get to zero.