1/22/2016 Winter Storm

[gruggett]

Well, the grocery store lines will now be insane after 5pm when many get off work.

A lot of the bread is already gone at the Kroger in Germantown, TN.

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[ServoCrow]

New map from OHX via Twitter:

[snowdog]

New map from OHX via Twitter:

Increasing totals to the south and north a bit.  Leaving Nashville where it was pretty much. 

[gruggett]

18z GFS is loaded to hr24.

[snowdog]

Anyone with Euro access, how did the EPS look vs Op...specifically in the set-up of the deform band?

[Eric]

OHX:

TOMORROW AND FRIDAY IS WHEN THE MAIN WINTER STORM ROLLS IN, AS A
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER PASSES ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA INTO
THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER OUR NORTHWESTERN
COUNTIES FRI MORNING, AND BECOME HEAVY BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
TOTALS IN THOSE AREAS BY SUNSET FRI SHOULD BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8
INCHES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA PULLS EAST, A SWEEP OF SNOW WILL
ENGULF THE REMAINDER OF THE MID-STATE BY FRI EVENING, AND THEN
TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST LATE FRI NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS
THIS STORM SYSTEM INTENSIFIES, AND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WIND CHILLS
IN OUR NORTHWEST WILL ALREADY BE IN THE TEENS. BY FRIDAY EVENING,
WIND CHILLS WILL REACH THE TEENS AREA-WIDE.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS ALMOST ALL OF OUR FORECAST AREA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR EXTREME
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL COUNTIES, WHERE A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS, FROM THE
WEST, FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND BY SUNRISE SATURDAY ALL OF THE
MID STATE SHOULD BE UNDER A THICK BLANKET OF SNOW. FRIDAY NIGHT
WILL NOT BE FIT FOR MAN NOR BEAST, AS WINDS WHISTLE OUT OF THE
NORTH, BLOWING THE SNOW AROUND, AND TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE
LOWER AND MIDDLE 20S.

MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE
DAY ON SATURDAY, DUE TO CLOUDS AND SNOW COVER, AND LOWS SATURDAY
NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS.

WE SHOULD FINALLY SEE TEMPS PUSH BACK ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK ON
SUNDAY.

[willywee46]

I'll be in Clarksville with you Clarksville SnowMan!! Let's have some fun with this! Wanna come join us Charles?? ☃☃

[Eric]

18z GFS looks a wee bit colder at the surface...with maybe a touch more qpf.

[InMemphis]

Drove by the Germantown Kroger a few minutes ago and decided that it wasn't worth fighting the crowd. Hopefully at around 9 tonight it won't be too crowded.

[Eric]

Paul Heggan's RPM via Twitter...

Paul Heggen ‏@PaulHeggenWSMV  1m1 minute ago
Several model runs (including the pictured RPM) now trending back to snowier in Nashville. Consistent inconsistency.

[Thundersnow]

FRIDAY NIGHT WILL NOT BE FIT FOR MAN NOR BEAST

Hehe - That's epic. 

[Coach B]

Paul Heggan's RPM via Twitter...

Lots of individual bands in there. Going to be some winners and losers.

[CloudyDay]

Where the low currently sits, is that on track with models?

[bonzomemphis]

Drove by the Germantown Kroger a few minutes ago and decided that it wasn't worth fighting the crowd. Hopefully at around 9 tonight it won't be too crowded.

I went over lunch and had to park *behind* the store (as in, down the hill back by the shopping center on Poplar.)

Bread aisle was teetering on the brink but the beer cooler was full.

[Drifter49]

Bread aisle was teetering on the brink but the beer cooler was full.

The latter is about all one needs.