12/8- STORM WATCH- Significant Snowstorm Monday?

Good Thursday all-

Fun times are ahead in the weather world for me and other meteorologists but maybe not for the majority of people. Models turned the corner last night and now instead of Sunday being a light event...it's now possible that it is our first truly 'major' snowstorm of the 2016-17 winter season. It appears that the clipper system now wants to intensify off the coast and act as a coastal low. All of the models are now showing this scenario, with the Euro being the last holdout to jump on board, which it did last night. In such a scenario...we would expect a decently large amount of snow, accompanied by gusty winds as well out of the northeast. A plausible worst case scenario would be something along the lines of 5-10" of snow with locally up to one foot. This is not the most likely scenario...but it's on the table. Right now, it's really early but if I had to guess...I think I'd say 4-8", which is still a significant event. The Weather Channel has named the system Winter Storm Caly...and it will be interesting towards school impacts Monday. As this is the first storm of the year, it's possible that most schools would be closed, but obviously a LOT remains up in the air with this system. We'll see what happens! Either way, it's not the biggest snowstorm we've had, but it's not the smallest either!

In the meantime, we can expect very cold temperatures- we are going to be hard pressed to get to freezing on Saturday...and snow showers possible from some of those Great Lakes streamers.

More snow is possible at the end of next week, but that is so far out it's not worth more than a brief mention at this time. This is an extremely active pattern to start the winter and it shows no sign of going anywhere before New Year's, so the fun has just begun!

Today in weather history- December 8 has not had any significant weather events worth mentioning in this slot today.

All eyes are on Caly...I will post the latest developments here tomorrow...and throughout the weekend as well. This one is especially important to me as I have two finals on Monday- it looks very iffy to say the least!!