Snow?

There are many downfalls to being a meteorologist...you get yelled at a lot, you never know if you'll be correct and the weather never wants to agree with you even if you ask it nicely.

The latest indications for our system have it going much to our south...like in Alabama rather than Tennessee, and yesterday I mentioned how that would give us virtually no snow. However, there could be a second, very weaker low, forming in the northern Plains later on today, and that could run along side our low pressure friend in Alabama. Now, what does all this mean again? It means that tomorrow night and Saturday morning people across the Great Lakes region could get a little snow if you're in Toledo, Fort Wayne, and possibily Detroit.

Now, of course, our high pressure in Manitoba doesn't want to be kind to us. It is going to remain a bit further south today and keep that low pressure from moving up northward. However, once the low is passes through Alabama, the high pressure will retreat back to Manitoba and just sit there. This will allow our main low pressure to miss us completely, but it could allow our second - and weaker - low pressure to cut close to us and give us a little bit of snow on Christmas eve. The high will then decide to move in and in doing so it'll weaken a bit but give us some cooler temperatures.

So is snow still possible? Yes, it is, the further south you go in the Great Lakes region, the better chance you have of actually seeing some snow fall. Places like Toledo and Fort Wayne at best could see an inch of snow on Christmas eve, but Detroit will have to cross their fingers to get a half inch.

So a little bit of snow posssible in Toledo and Fort Wayne tomorrow night, otherwise not a whole lot going on in the weather world of the GLWX. Cooler temperatures will return for the beginning of next week, and that will be nice to see. Again, check back for updates, we'll try to keep you posted on this system as it goes. But for now, as always, I am Timmy Albertson and that's the weather!