We Came Oh Snow Close, Yet So Far...

The daylight satellite views revealed the southern extend of last night's snowfall and it did reach into northern Louisiana.  After the clouds cleared, you can really see all the river and lakes that stand out under a deep snow cover.

I hatched in the clouds on the top pic and you can see how extensive the snow cover was.  The bottom pic is from 2 pm and it has much of the morning snow cover gone, melted under the higher bright sun angle.  Now our next challenge is how cold will tonight be?

NWS has a freeze warning for both sides of the Lake with the North Shore in the 20s & 30s south.  What could save the South Shore will be IF the winds stay up.   Another plus is daytime highs have climbed into the 50s.

The winds should begin to die off as the center of the surface high drifts over us.   Note how the core of the cold is already to our north & east.

Note how low the dew points are.   That should mean frost should not be the problem in the morning, only the cold temps.   There will be a rapid warm up ahead of another fast moving upper disturbance.

As a reminder, set your clocks FORWARD before you go to bed tonight.  Since the upper air patterns are no longer stuck, we'll see our next disturbance approach by late Monday bringing another severe weather threat.

The top graphic is the upper trough that is bringing today's cold weather.  The next is valid for Sunday morning with the trough quickly lifting out.  However, the next graphic is valid for Tuesday morning showing another dip coming.  SPC has issued a slight risk for storms on Monday and that likley will head out way by Tuesday.  Plenty of time to watch.  Stay tuned!