Winter Storm Watch for Thurs/Fri

Wednesday, February 20 -- 11:30AM

Winter Storm Watch for Thursday morning thru Friday afternoon...

Well, the NWS is sure putting the "fear of God" into us with all of this "Winter Storm" talk. I gotta be honest, though....it doesn't look to be anything terribly significant at this point.

I have a feeling that if we get anything, we are going to see quite a bit of sleet with this storm. And while sleet is slippery, and the accumulation and freezing of a layer of sleet can create havoc with travel, the truth is this almost never happens. When we get a lot of sleet, I typically lament that we got robbed of a major snow storm.

The good news is that the POTENTIAL is there for this to be a real mess of a storm. We are in the bullseye for snow, sleet and freezing rain.

What does all of this mean? It means that right now I don't have a good "bead" on this storm. I need another model run before I can make a prediction.

I'm thinking mostly sleet, but wishing for mostly snow!

-WD