A VERY Complex Storm System Is Coming...

it's January 9th 2025 and this will likely be our last update video on the major snowstorm that's about to affect a lot of the Southern and Eastern portions of the United States as I'm making this video there's already a bunch of snowf falling in Amarillo there's some mixed precipitation falling across a lot of Central Texas and things are well underway also it's dag on cold over here in the Ohio Valley as projected some places between Louisville Cincinnati and Southern Indiana over there are at or below things will warm up a little bit today before the snow shows up look at all of those winter storm warnings and watches that are out uh this is crazy the entire state of Arkansas pretty much is under a winter storm warning a lot of Northeast Texas a lot of southern New Mexico basically the entire North and Western half of Texas is under some sort of winter weather watch or warning same thing can be said for Oklahoma the winter storm watches go as far north as up into Central Illinois Indiana and Southwestern Ohio we will likely see These Warnings expanded a little bit farther east and the watches also expanded farther east as the day goes on today but yeah Little Rock Memphis Paduka Lexington all of you guys are under winter storm wars and we are expecting one heck of a winter storm at least for you know this part of the world it's not very often that we see a lot of snow down here and some of y'all are going to get a pretty good amount all right let's check out that latest HR model and show you what the radar could look like like as we go into the future by 300 p. m. today eastern time around the time this video is going to be up we are going to continue to see snow back here in the panhandles of Oklahoma Texas up through Western Kansas New Mexico as well the heaviest snow will likely be in Oklahoma though Oklahoma City Tulsa uh you guys are going to be experiencing snow the rain snow mix line is going to be somewhere around the Red River it looks like Dallas will still be experiencing rain and maybe even a couple of claps of Thunder at this point but if we go just a few hours into the future around 8:00 p.

m. this evening some heavy snow is going to be working into the Witchita Falls area or just past there it's going to be kind of brief in that region but uh it's going to be hard- hitting when it does hit also heavy snow is going to continue in Tulsa we're going to start to see snow again in Kansas City around this time we're going to start to see the first flakes fly in Little Rock around this time as well and once again anybody that's experiencing this heavy rain down here will have the very slight chance of seeing the occasional flash of lightning and the clap of Thunder nothing severe really is expected with any of the convective rain showers that are happening down there let's keep going into the future the cold air is going to be fighting the warm air right around Dallas at uh 1:00 a. m.

on Friday this is when the mix precipitation will probably start working into the Fort Worth area it'll start snowing in Fort Worth likely before it starts snowing in Dallas but uh it'll still be a battle Zone pretty much around 1:00 a. m. heavy snow will still be occurring in Tulsa Little Rock may be experiencing extremely heavy snow at this time and we might even start seeing our first flakes flying in St Louis Le those flakes will arrive in Memphis by at least 3: to 5:00 a.

m. it'll become really heavy snow in Memphis likely around 7 a. m.

that's when we will see the first flakes flying in Nashville and once again right there in the early morning hours as the storm is moving off to the east however intense this backside band of snow is is really going to determine how much snow we see in Dallas it's likely going to rain for the majority of the storm but on the back side you're going to get a big shot of cold air that's where you're going to be able to pick up a lot of your ulations and it looks like the snow's going to be over for the most part by 7 or 8:00 a. m. and then that's when our focus is going to shift back over here to Tennessee where the entire state of Tennessee will likely be experiencing snowfall around 11:00 a.

m. on Friday this is also when it's going to be starting to snow in places like Louisville and Lexington Indianapolis the farther north you go in this system the lighter the snow is going to be it is going to snow in Wisconsin and and Michigan but this is literally just flurries for the most part unless you're right off the lakes and you get some Lake in ment uh this is not going to be much of a snowstorm for you guys I'll tell you who it is going to be a snowstorm for me your friendly weather dude is going to be experiencing some moderate to heavy snow over here in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky around 400 p. m.

on Friday around that same time it's going to be snowing very heavily once again in uh Nashville and it'll probably be wrapping up in Memphis something interesting about the latest model runs is compared to yesterday they're showing a little bit more warm air than what we saw yesterday but I still believe this is probably a little bit too much remember these convective allowing models a lot of times are warm biased the rain snow Line's likely going to be a little bit farther south than what's projected here but it is going to be farther north than maybe what we thought it was going to be a couple days ago so this will definitely hurt the snow totals that we expect to see in places like Huntsville certainly Birmingham it's actually looking less likely that we see any snow at all in Birmingham and Atlanta and especially in portions of upstate South Carolina the farther east we go it's not necessarily the warm air that we're worried about it's just the entire storm kind of falling apart essentially this storm's going to be really powerful back here but the farther east it goes this Progressive jet stream is just going to fling it out to sea and it's not going to have time to continue turning over and deepening that low pressure system uh so the storm's going to lose a lot of steam the farther east it goes that's why we're not expecting a massive amount of precipitation in Washington DC for example whereas usually a storm track in this direction would be a home run of a winter storm for a lot of the Mid-Atlantic now it's going to snow and it will accumulate quite significantly probably in a lot of Virginia but it'll be quick hitting and it'll be out of our hair more than likely by 7:00 a. m. Saturday but still significant travel impacts expected over here in the Mid-Atlantic regions all day Friday into Saturday all right let's take a look at some updated snowfall totals this is going to be a little bit different than what we saw yesterday because it's going to be a little bit more accurate we have more data now starting off back here around Amarillo it looks like you guys are going to end up up with about 2 to 4 in of snow by the time this is all said and done Oklahoma City how about 2 to 4 in as well up here wouldn't be surprised to see some areas get closer to 5 in of snow especially the closer we get to Tulsa Southeastern Oklahoma though you guys are going to be a sweet spot where some actually a lot of places are probably going to pick up on over 6 in of snow Dallas nothing has really changed for you okay it's going to be mostly rain right at the end it's going to snow how long that snow lasts that's going to determine how much snow you get I think at least 2 in is still on the table though for Dallas but up here in northeastern Texas maybe closer to Paris and Sherman 4 to 5 in is going to be possible Little Rock we're still looking at a good 6 in of snow Jonesboro about 6 in of snow as possible Memphis about 6 in of snow as well so this is an area where I wouldn't be surprised to see maybe a little bit less than 6 in of snow also wouldn't be surprised to see some 8 9 in totals coming out of this region as well over here in Western Tennessee good 4 to 6 in of snow could be expected Nashville you're pretty much in that same Zone 4 to 6 in of snow is a safe bet up here between Louisville and Owensboro and Lexington Kentucky probably closer to like 3 to 6 Ines of snow is what we can expect St Louis I think 2 to 4 is a good range Indianapolis 2 to four for you guys as well Cincinnati you're probably closer to being in that 2 to 5 or 3 to six uh Zone and that 2 to four is going to also account for a lot of you guys up here all through portions of Indiana and Ohio Charleston West Virginia you are likely going to be in that 3 to 6 in zone how about you back here in Knoxville Tennessee still expecting about 4 in of snow there wouldn't be surprised to see6 Chattanooga yesterday we were projecting a little bit more snow for this area but I think because of the more Northerly track we're probably going to see a little bit more rain mix in feels safer to say you're probably going to see less than 6 in of snow from this storm there's going to be some surprises Tupelo Florence Huntsville Chattanooga all the way over to Greenville South Carolina some of you guys are going to get more than 3 in of snow some of you might not get a single drop of snow I I that's just how this kind of storm system works it's impossible to forecast these areas don't get snow a lot we don't have a lot of historical data to work off of so we're going to be now casting tomorrow to try to figure out who sees what but just prepare for a good 3 in of snow whatever that means for you make sure you're ready for that and this is also going to be an area where we experience ice whoever is just south of the heaviest snow totals this is where we have to be concerned about some accumulating ice so even if you don't get a bunch of snow Tupelo Huntsville all the way over to Atlanta Greenville Charlotte this area is a place where I'm concerned about some power outages as a result of ice Huntsville same story as Chattanooga Birmingham I'm becoming less confident that you guys are going to get much meaningful snow accumulation at all but I wouldn't be surprised to see 1 and 1/2 in 1 in or less in Atlanta is likely what we're looking at over here same thing in Charlotte Raleigh slightly better chance in Raleigh to see a little bit more than an inch Richmond virgin Virginia how about a good 2 to 5 in and same thing over here in Virginia Beach probably like a 1 to 4 in situation Washington DC we can say the same for you so once again these are good conservative numbers to kind of Base your plans around no huge changes from yesterday unless you're on that southern Fringe of the snow totals we told you it was going to be a hard forecast down there but once again I think that even if you were projected to see 6 in of snow yesterday and now it says three you're still going to be in one of the hardest hit parts of this winter storm because the mix precipitation mess that's going to happen is going to be part of the biggest problems when it comes to road closures and utility interruptions and stuff like that official ice accumulation forecasts indicate that there's going to be a hot spot in Southern Arkansas where some places could see more than a quarter inch of ice same thing for you guys over here north of Atlanta or even right around Atlanta over towards Greenville past Charlotte over towards areas just south of Virginia Beach this is where I think we could also see more than a/4 inch of ice and anywhere that we see a/4 inch of ice or more actually accumulating on surfaces we're going to see isolated power outages and just ask your friends up here to the north a little bit some of those could last a few days so make sure you're prepared for that the winter storm severity index is still forecasting an extreme winter storm right on the southern side of that rain snow line this is not where we're going to see the most snow this is where we're going to see the biggest travel impacts more than likely it's going to start off as rain we're going to have some freezing rain some sleet and some snow and that's going to cause a big mess over here on Interstate 20 between Marshall and and Dallas get ready for major to extreme interruptions to daily life over here in southern portions of Arkansas as well moderate impacts are going to be possible between Oklahoma City Fort Smith and Little Rock and this is for today what about tomorrow moderate impacts expected from Memphis to Nashville interstate 40 is going to be quite messy here same thing can be said about Interstate 55 as well and I do think it's going to be quite a mess down here on Interstate 22 between Tupelo Memphis Florence Huntsville you guys are still going to have a tricky time on the roads as we get into the day tomorrow and then uh the farther east we go the more impacts we'll see late in the day on Friday into Saturday but still we expect treacherous travel uh to be possible in Knoxville Asheville Greensboro all these places all the way over to Virginia Beach through Saturday and guess what y'all after we get this storm out of our hair which is going to be a major impactful storm for a lot of us from Texas all the way over to Virginia Beach once we get this out of our hair there's not another big winter storm that we can see right now uh there is going to be a pretty intense little Clipper that comes down that's going to cause some snow up here in Wisconsin and Michigan which is something that you guys have been missing out on and we are going to continue to see this massive amount of cold air just get funnel down into the Central and Eastern portions of the United States but there's no major winter storm on our radar after this one so we might get a little bit of a break from these significant winter storms but I don't know how long that's going to last as long as the cold air stays in place the next storm that comes through is going to be a snowmaker for somebody this is going to be our last update here on this major winter storm unless we don't go live Tomorrow there's a chance we don't go live tomorrow it just it really just depends on a lot of different factors like stormchaser availability timing it's not the similar situation as the last winter storm where we had to go live to cover the tornado aspect they really is no severe weather aspect to this one so we're going to be watching the trends very closely we're on standby mode if we need to go live to help you understand the situation with power outages road conditions and stuff like that we will subscribe to the channel turn notifications on follow me on Twitter and all that good stuff and you'll know the moment we decide what we're going to do but regardless of whether or not we go live I invite you guys to please share your snow reports with me send those yolam meter pictures and those measurements and everything else to me over on Twitter or through email pix at Ryan Hall y.