An updated look at our next winter storm (6 PM January 31st)

Our updated look at the incoming winter storm still shows accumulating wintry precipitation coming along for the ride. You can see on the timeline that the system will start as rain chances Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening. Once the temperatures start to drop after midnight Wednesday, we’ll start switching over to a mix of rain, freezing rain and sleet for our Wednesday morning. Once we get into Wednesday afternoon, our mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow will switch over to snow by late afternoon and Wednesday evening. After a period of heavy snow Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, the bulk of the system will back down to some periods of light snow for the rest of the day.

As far as expected ice amounts, let’s look at freezing rain potential. Much of the area can expect any freezing rain amounts to range between a tenth and a quarter of an inch. The heaviest of any expected freezing rain with this system will stay mainly just to the south and east of the region.

As for expected snow and sleet totals across the area, the entire region should expect to see the combined amounts range between 5 and 10 inches before the bulk of the snow clears out late Thursday.

If temperatures won’t allow for a quick switch to snow Wednesday and Thursday, the snow amounts could edge closer to 5 inches. If we see a faster transition to snow on Wednesday, we could see the snow amounts push closer to 10 inches. With some finer details not quite set in stone, some of these expected amounts could certainly change a bit over the next day or day and a half. We’ll keep you updated.

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