Mid-South Meteorology: Friday Through Sunday: Snow, sleet, freezing rain and heavy rain. Look out!

We're going to see a full range of winter weather over the next few days! It begins with snow on Friday. Shouldn't be much. In fact the latest data indicates it should be less than 2 inches IF THAT. The problem is that as a warm front rises through through the area, we'll likely see a changeover to sleet and freezing rain! We could see some sleet accumulation during the process, but once again, we're talking minor. As for the freeing rain, it will be less than a quarter inch, more like a tenth of an inch. (As a frame of reference, Its usually around a quarter of an inch ice coating, when branches begin to break off). This is NOWHERE NEAR what we saw during the ice storm in 2007, where ice was 1.5 to 2 inches thick on branches...

It looks like we'll generally see LIGHT AMOUNTS of snow, sleet and freezing but unclear exactly how much, and we should indeed see ALL THREE before the changeover to regular rain.

After the freezing rain, Friday night, as temperatures continue to rise, we'll switch over to regular rain Saturday, and we could see lots of it. We're talking 2-3 inches, on top of the melting snow, etc....so that brings flooding and flash flooding into play and that probably should be our biggest concern going through the weekend! Be prepared!

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