1/2 – The Chief’s “Very Cold Start” Tuesday Morning Forecast

A lovely day ahead with sunshine and cool temperatures before the next system moves in. A new surface low-pressure system to the SW will develop and move NE presenting the area with the first light rainfall tonight. This will progressively get heavier through the day with mostly moderate rainfall rates Wednesday. Rainfall amounts of up to 2 inches are possible tonight through Wednesday. This may be the highest totals since this system will be progressive moving through at a quick pace. Rain should be spread out temporally enough that flooding issues should not be a problem.

The parade of very progressive systems will continue with the next one expected late Friday into Saturday. The surface low could bisect the area with a warm front that the low-pressure system moves along. The atmosphere will once again set up for efficient rain-makers to affect the region, but the warm sector may actually be over the sound while the best severe storm attributes are stuck over the gulf. All in all with the next 2 systems, 3-5” of accumulation will be possible especially along the immediate beach.