Thursday, February 21, 2008

Snow in State


Take a look at the latest composite radar. Snow is entering the state. This is ahead of the main system which is still several states to our south. This first surge of snowfall is from the warm front and as the warm as begins it's northward motion we may see some snow showers later this afternoon. Then it looks like the warm air will stay in the middle layers of the atmosphere and we could see some sleet or freezing drizzle this evening as well.

2 comments:

Cathy said...

How in the world does a place go from 7 degrees in the morning to freezing drizzle at night!

Greg Shoup said...

All part of the wonderful world of weather Cathy! Cold air sinks in the atomosphere to the surface, meanwhile a warm front brings warmer air to the middle levels of the atomsphere. This turns the precipitation into liquid which falls to the ground and freezes.