Soaker On the Way

Enjoy Thursday, because Friday and Saturday are a total washout. The Gulf of Mexico will open wider than it has since last Winter, and begin dumping a vast rainstorm on the Southeast, with hardly any breaks. The temperatures may be just cold enough early Friday to allow a little sleet or even snow at the very start, but it won't last. All precip will turn to plain rain, and a cold rain for the duration of Friday and Friday night.  After this storm exits, next week turns cold. Very cold. Winter is coming back hard, and we're now watching some developments to go along withe the cold air, but as of now, its just long range speculation. Once we have some degree of confidence, I'll sling around the "snow" word but we can't say that yet for the Southeast. But rest assured, going into mid February looks bone chilling cold at the very least.  The jetstream will align into a western ridge and central to eastern trough, and in February, with all that cold air in Canada, its coming down straight into the Southland.