Storm doesn't show up yet here...

..can see where it's about to show up.

Visible shows the elements.

The Southern part.

The Northern part.

Once they connect!

Game on!

Maybe will update images around 4 PM

See what we will see.

You can see the cold air pressing down.

The moisture flow that will feed...

...the coastal low that hasn't formed yet.

1st part of the blog is Carolinas, VA, GA

Further down are other areas that'll be impacted.

"Raleigh is in the Risky Zone.

"will depend on the Interaction

between the upper level low

and developing coastal low

5 - 10 inches"

The above is in quotes as that is what Allan Huffman says and I lean heavy on what he says as I live in Raleigh and have gotten to see first hand how incredibly accurate his maps are and well I take him seriously. Not sure if he will update later today or leave it as it is and either way we are getting closer to game on time. Sure he can be off a bit, but it's usually in shades of gray in that there's always a few details with a Carolina Snow Storm that can't be nailed down until the storm shows it's face.

Note he has parts of Virginia and Georgia in this map and that's because we really are one region broken up into separate states, but we are under the same blanket of snow falling to the ground. How strong and how steady and how much falls will tell the actual story. Will this be "wow what a real snow storm for Raleigh" or "historic" or will that tag go to places further East such as New Bern that's closer to the coast.

See this storm has many moving parts. There's a coastal low that is developing in real time and an upper level low inland. As readers of this blog know, I do so low tracking upper level lows as they can be real game changers. In this case you have two parts of a storm that will have dance moves similar to a Fujiwhara effect yet not really. And somewhere the forecast will be busted and someone may get near blizzard like conditions and someone else ends up in the dreaded dry spot deprived of the heavier snow totals the forecast showed on the colorful maps on Wednesday. It happens. It's hard enough to predict a snow storm in detail with one low, let alone two lows swirling around the same dance floor. 

Yes, I did say "blizzard" conditions as the possibility is there that in some places a Blizzard Warning could be put out and again I said could as it all depends on what plays out in real time. The NWS has already mentioned blizzard conditions being possible. You don't hear that often around these parts.

Going beyond the Carolinas...

This is such a sad hit for Tennessee that is trying to recover from last week's Ice Storm and now will have areas hit by snow on top of what is dangling from the ice. 

This is a screenshot from my friend Mitch...

Honestly did not listen to it all.

I don't like my mind to be muddied...

...hearing others speak too much.

So that what I put out is my own.

But I wanted the map...

..knew he'd have it.

I live in the Carolinas. This is my blog, my personal weather diary and if you read it a long time then you know sometimes I would rant or be silly or annoyed and vent in my weather diary. These days I try and stay on weather and in the off season I talk more on what I want to vs when a Cat 3 Hurricane is about to do Rapid Intensification and go Cat 5 just before before landfall. Yes this is the off season for me, a time when I lose myself in the beauty of winter, praying for winter storms and following them online. So, excuse me, if I talk too long on the Carolinas currently in my off season. Well, we do get hurricanes too in the Carolinas. Another reason I love living in NC is that we have seasons of all kinds. Miami has football season, mango season, tourist season and Hurricane Season. And, yes I do go down to Miami often to see family and friends and Biscayne Bay but the Carolinas have finally come to feel like home after 16 years here!

Back to our snow storm. Tennessee is still without power in many places. The whole infrastructure was torn apart by the last storm that was more ice than snow. Now some places will have snow as well. A very hard hit in the realm of misery loves company.