2–4+ inches of snow falls in a single day, morning commute impacted

ALL RIGHT. TURNING TO YOUR FORECAST, I KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU’RE PROBABLY LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW SAYING NO SNOW OUT THERE. I THINK I’M GOING TO BE GOOD TOMORROW. IT’S COMING. YEAH. HOPEFULLY YOU’RE NOT LIKE THAT, BEAR. AND FIND YOURSELF IN SOME TIGHT SPACES TOMORROW. YOU KNOW, SO FACTOR IN SOME EXTRA TIME FOR THAT MORNING COMMUTE. I DO THINK SOME KIDS WILL BE VERY HAPPY TOMORROW WITH THIS FORECAST, BUT HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT FOUNTAIN SQUARE. AND IT’S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SEE. BUT IF YOU LOOK THERE IN THE CAMERA, OR SHOULD I SAY IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIGHT AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME TINY FLAKES NOW BEGINNING TO ACTUALLY REACH THE GROUND. IT’S TAKING US A WHILE TO KIND OF MOISTEN UP THE ATMOSPHERE. THERE’S A LOT OF DRY AIR IN PLACE, SO IT’S BEEN SLOW TO START, BUT I SUSPECT PROBABLY BY THE TIME YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT TWO, THREE, 4:00 TIME FRAME, YOU LOOK OUTSIDE. I THINK YOU’LL BE SURPRISED. IT SHOULD BE SNOWING AT A PRETTY DECENT CLIP FOR MUCH OF THE AREA, AS I STILL ANTICIPATE WE’LL HAVE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVIER SNOW OVERNIGHT. MOVING IN. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE BLOTCHY NATURE TO THE SNOW ON RADAR. THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S BATTLING THE DRY AIR THAT’S OUT THERE. BUT WE’RE GRADUALLY MOISTENING UP THE ATMOSPHERE. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OVER DOWNTOWN WE SHOWED YOU FOUNTAIN SQUARE. THERE’S SOME SNOW. THERE’S SOME HEAVIER POCKETS OUT THERE TOWARDS OCEANA AND ROSS. I STILL THINK WE ARE MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO, MAYBE THREE, EVEN AWAY FROM GETTING THE STEADY, WIDESPREAD, IMPACTFUL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE WARM UP AS YOU SEE OUT TOWARDS MOUNT AUBURN, GEORGETOWN, BATAVIA. NEW RICHMOND I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU TRY TO WAIT TO STAY UP TO SEE THE SNOW. I STILL THINK IT’S PROBABLY A FEW HOURS AWAY BEFORE IT GETS REALLY IMPRESSIVE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW IS STILL WEST OF SAINT LOUIS. OKAY, SO THAT MEANS, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE STILL HAVE A FULL SIX HOURS OF SNOW TO GO AHEAD OF US. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RADAR, YOU SEE HOW THESE STRIPES ARE SHOWING UP BACK TOWARDS SAINT LOUIS. THAT’S WHAT WE CALL KIND OF BANDED SNOW. AND THAT’S WHY WHILE WE’RE GOING WITH A GENERAL 2 TO 4, AND MOST OF US WILL END UP SOMEWHERE TWO, THREE INCHES OF SNOW, MAYBE FOUR THERE. I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF SOMEONE OVERACHIEVES JUST A LITTLE BIT. TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING AT FREEZING OR NOW BELOW IN MOST CASES, SO PLENTY COLD FOR ANY SNOW OUT THERE. IT’S A HIGH IMPACT SNOW. NOT BECAUSE WE’RE EXPECTING A TON OF SNOW, BUT BECAUSE OF THE COLD GROUND AND THE TIMING. WITH SOME MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW RIGHT BEFORE THE MORNING COMMUTE GETS GOING. THAT’S GOING TO LEAVE ROADS, BRIDGES, OVERPASSES, EVERYTHING SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. AND AS I MENTIONED, STILL THINKING WE’RE ON TAP IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 2 TO 4IN OF SNOW. SOMEONE COULD OVERACHIEVE AND GET AS MANY AS FIVE OUT OF THIS. BUT I THINK MOST OF US ARE KIND OF IN THAT 2 TO 3, 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. SO HERE’S FUTURECAST. NOTICE THIS IS 130. AND START TO NOTICE SOME OF THE DARKER BLUE SHOWING UP. WE HAVE SOME MIXING DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH. BUT I REALLY THINK THAT’S MOSTLY GOING TO BE SNOW EVEN IN OUR SOUTHERNMOST COMMUNITIES. LET’S ADVANCE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. YOU SEE THIS 4 A.M. YOU SEE HOW MUCH DARKER THESE BLUES ARE. AND IF YOU USE YOUR IMAGINATION, THERE’S KIND OF SOME BANDED FEATURES ON HERE. I DO THINK FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE MORNING, PROBABLY BEFORE THE COMMUTE, IT’S SNOWING AT A GOOD CLIP. THUS, I THINK WE’LL SEE IT PILE UP PRETTY FAST. AND THEN BETWEEN ABOUT SIX AND EIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW WILL WRAP UP. AND I THINK WE HAVE EFFECTS THAT LINGER EVEN INTO THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW, BECAUSE WE’LL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE BELOW FREEZING. SO HERE WE ARE BACK DOWNTOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE FLURRY ACTION ACTUALLY INCREASING JUST A LITTLE BIT THERE. 32 NOW WITH LIGHT SNOW BEING REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL. SO THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT IT’S ALL ABOUT SNOW AND TEMPERATURES THAT ARE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE MID 20S. WE SHOULD GET DOWN TO ABOUT 2526 BY FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, LEAVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME TOMORROW MORNING IF YOU ARE COMMUTING AROUND THE AREA, AS IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGH START TO THE DAY. TEMPERATURES AGAIN WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING ALL AFTERNOON. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR PLANNER. SO I SUSPECT SECONDARY STREETS ROADS THAT AREN’T TRAVELED AS OFTEN LIKELY WILL STILL STAY SNOW COVERED FOR A WHILE. AND ONCE WE PUT THIS SNOW ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW THE NEXT 1 TO 2 WEEKS LOOK PRETTY COLD FOR US. SO THE SNOW IS NOT GOING TO BE IN ANY HURRY TO MELT. AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE EVEN AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. I SHOULD SAY, I THINK WE MAY STRUGGLE TO GET BACK ABOVE FREEZING THIS WEEK. IF WE DO, IT’S PROBABLY ONLY TO 35 OR 36, SO NOT TOO HIGH THERE. AND THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS, AS I MENTIONED, COULD BE COLDER WITH THAT SNOW ON THE GROUND. AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING IMPACTFUL SNOWS I