Weather Surprises! Update, Another teaser or the real deal?

[amawea]

Well, the NWS out of the Springfield, Little Rock, and Memphis is forecasting snow for Friday night into Saturday along the Southern Missouri/ North Arkansas border. I hope it plays out as I've seen forecast like this bust 24 hrs out. Actually, in 1993 . I watched the local, (Joneboro 50 miles southeast) weather forecaster say there was no chance of a white Christmas in Northeast Ar. on the Christmas eave 10p.m. weather forecast, to wake up to heavy snow and snow till 2p.m. on Christamas day. It was amazing! We got 7 inches up here at Warm Springs!

Talk about a bust.

[CajunMama]

I hope you get your snow. Snow at anytime is nice though on Christmas seems more special.

[ronjon]

Ok, I know its only one run of the GFS but this one shows a deep south snow storm and cold blast from Dec 25 thru 26th.

[Scott Patterson]

Snow at anytime is nice

I think it gets extremely annoying around early or mid-June.

Anyway, amawea I hope you get your white Christmas.

[Cyclone1]

GFS

Awesome! Ever notice it always rains in Florida on Christmas? It almost never fails (knock on wood).

[HarlequinBoy]

THERE MAY BE SOME RAIN MIXED IN WITH SNOW ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 BUT AT THIS POINT BELIEVE THE BEST CHANCE
FOR ANY WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

It looks like you have the best chance across the Mid South to see anything...

[ronjon]

The GFS now for 3 runs in a row now shows an arctic blast and possible snow event for the deep south around xmas day. This will be quite a shock to everyone who has enjoyed the warm and dry weather over the last couple of weeks if it pans out.

[JonathanBelles]

If that actually plays out I A) might cry and B) might have a christmas.

[Lowpressure]

NWS that covers us here in Charlotte mentions the POTENTIAL for winter precip for the 20-21 time frame per GFS. It would be as you said, a total shock for us to go from the 80 degree area to two winter events within a week, especially for Christmas! At least it is something to watch, four days of record high temps in Dec is quite boring.

[amawea]

Well, they are now forecasting a 3 to 5 inch snow here on the Arkansas/Missouri border for Thurday/Thursday night. We shall see. The last time we got a whole 30 minutes of flakes.

I'll tell you this. I have never seen the wind blow behind a cold front for as long and hard as it did today. Winds were gusting to 60 mph and power lines and trees were coming down. I've seen it much worse when I was staioned in South Dakota, (up to 80 mph), but I can't ever remember it being this bad this far south behind a cold front.
Anyway, I hope we get that snow as my wife is driving me crazy asking for updates. She thinks I'm the best amateur forecaster on earth, lol.

I'm searching for traces of anything snow!

[Sambucol]

Well, they are now forecasting a 3 to 5 inch snow here on the Arkansas/Missouri border for Thurday/Thursday night. We shall see. The last time we got a whole 30 minutes of flakes.

I'll tell you this. I have never seen the wind blow behind a cold front for as long and hard as it did today. Winds were gusting to 60 mph and power lines and trees were coming down. I've seen it much worse when I was staioned in South Dakota, (up to 80 mph), but I can't ever remember it being this bad this far south behind a cold front.
Anyway, I hope we get that snow as my wife is driving me crazy asking for updates. She thinks I'm the best amateur forecaster on earth, lol.

I'm searching for traces of anything snow!

Noticed in your avatar you're from Baytown, TX. I'm from Baytown, too.

[amawea]

Well, we got 4 inches of snow! I love watching it fall. It's a wet pretty snow.