snow

Our first real snow of the year. Not a big storm. But not teeny tiny either.  Details are below: 

1. Snow begins after 8 pm. There may be some light snow before, but I think 8 pm is a good target time to start. Mostly light with few heavier bursts possible
2. Snow ends by 7 am. 
3. Total snow: 2-5" (with locally higher amounts possible). 
4. Snow will be light and dry. Some blowing and drifting could occur Fri afternoon. 
5. It will be cold. 20's tonight, Fri and Sat, setting the stage for an icy Sunday. Details to come later Friday on Sun's storm and frigid weather to come. 

The challenge with this system is that it is small. And smaller systems can be a pain because the models struggle with them. In this case, another area of low pressure will be present just off the East Coast. This created havoc as models would jump the low to that low, and not keep them separate until east of New England. This created volatile snow amounts: higher then lower then higher then lower. Run to run and model to model. So I would not be surprised if there are a few surprises with this storm. Guess we'll find out soon. 

Enjoy.