Snow will continue through the night and through the day Monday. The snow should start to dissipate from the area heading into the Tuesday morning. The snow going through the day Monday will be starting to set up more in snow bands than just widespread snow. The accumulation totals through Tuesday morning are still tricky, just know that the longer you stay under a heavy snow band, the more snow you will get. Whether or not, you’re under the snow bands the majority of the time, travel Monday morning and Monday evening could still be treacherous as temperatures will below freezing.
After this storm passes, we start to dry out a little bit Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday before we have potential of another system coming through Wednesday night through early Friday morning. This system will be greeted with slightly above average temperatures, so the majority of this should be rain. With temperatures flirting with 50 degrees Wednesday and Thursday; rainfall totals ranging from 1-2 inches across the region with locally higher totals under the heaviest rainfall, the National Weather Service has introduced a Marginal risk of flash flooding on Thursday. This will likely be from rapid snowmelt causing a rise in creeks/streams, potentially flowing into the rivers around the region.
More details on the flooding potential will be released when we find out who the “winners” of this snowstorm are, so we see where the deepest snowpack is when this rain does fall.
Taking a look at that 7 day forecast. Temperatures Tuesday will be just above freezing, which could help melt snow before the rain comes. Once we head into Wednesday through Friday, temperatures will be near 50 and even on Saturday, hit the mid 50’s.
