FOX Carolina 21Signs of Something Wintry?

Signs of Something Wintry?

I will keep this post short and sweet since Alex has already outlined the weekend forecast.

It appears we COULD be headed toward some sort of a wintry setup the 4th-5th of February.  Although, this very well could be a "cold air chasing moisture" type of situation.  The last few European forecast model runs were the first to hint toward this and last night's 0z GFS and this morning's 12z GFS (even more so) hints at a warm ridge out west, very cold air spilling into the east and a possible storm setup.  As it looks now, the upper-levels are not projected to be tilted in favor of a winter storm setup around here, but the important thing to note is the upper level setup isn't far off from being positioned correctly for something significant.  As always, there is plenty of time to watch and see how all the moving parts set up and look for trends in the coming days.

Canada/Alaska cold will not stay locked up north of here without very cold chips off the iceberg coming south (if even for brief times) for the next month and a half.  We'll see if our recent wet pattern will be a factor in creating a challenging winter weather forecast at around the day-7 to day-8 time frame. 

This is more of just a heads up that the left-fielder, right-fielder and center-fielder have taken the field, but the infielders are still sitting in the dugout and the pitcher is warming up in the bullpen.

Just a hunch, but you won't hear anything about this setup from any other media outlets around here until the NWS starts talking (which, if this sticks, will be several days from now).  Also, is not something we have the luxury of time to tell you about during a normal weather show.  But, we sure can lay everything on the table here on the blog.  I hope you all have a relaxing weekend!