A Much Bigger Snow on the Way Saturday?

Well this storm wasn't exactly major around here, but it was the big thing for Atlanta and northern Georgia. Shelby had a lot of virga up until around midnight, so that ate up an inch or 2 of snow. When the snow fell however, temps dropped to around 30 and it began accumulating pretty good, but the change over to sleet occurred a little earlier than I thought, around 2:30 for Cleveland County. Here are some reports around the region:

Forest City 3"
Marion 3"
Shelby 1-2"
Charlotte 2"
Gastonia 1-2"
Lincolnton 1"
Hendersonville 6"
Asheville 4"
Gaffney 2"
Spartanburg 2-3"
Clemson 3"

I had a pretty decent glaze on the trees this morning before temperatures went to 33 around noontime. Nothing too damaging, but the freezing rain was a little heavier over the north Georgia mountains and western Upstate.

What we have coming up isn't clear cut just yet. The basics are similar on all the models. Later Friday night, colder air will be coming in slowly. Meanwhile, a new low pressure will develop along our old cold front that went through a couple days ago.

The models generally agree that the storm will track along the Gulf and up toward our coastline, then graze the East Coast. The difference is one model really pulls the storm far to the north and west. That would be a big snowstorm for areas west of Charlotte. A couple others keep the bulk of the moisture a little more south, from Atlanta to Raleigh, which would only graze our area with snow. I'll wait until late tonight to decide if the models are coming together. I'll try my hand at another snow map also.
No ice on this one, either snow (possibly a little rain to start briefly) or nothing. The amount of snow could be staggering, or could be mediocre. It all depends on the track, the biggest unknown for now.
Tune back soon!