Good evening everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend. We have a couple of weather topics to go over, including a First Prediction for Tuesday. Buckle up!

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the county: 5 to 8 inches of snowfall is anticipated between 10 AM Sunday and 1 AM Monday. With Sunday being part of the weekend and Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, schools will naturally be closed on these days. However, if schools would have been in session, Sunday would be a close call between Closings and Early Dismissals (but I would probably lean toward closings) and Monday would probably have been Delays due to lingering icy conditions into the morning as well as time needed to prepare schools post-storm.

As for Tuesday, very cold temperatures are expected to enter the region; combined with winds, wind chill factors will exceed -10*F and perhaps reach -20*F in some spots. Compared to the January 9th cold snap, this event will be colder. I am anticipating Cold Weather Advisories to be issued at a minium, with possibile Cold Weather Warning if the forecast gets cold enough (<-20*F for most of the county). As a result, I do think Delays are likely for the county, with Closings on the table if the forecast trends cold enough.

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I will post the Second Prediction for Tuesday tomorrow evening. Have a great rest of your day and thank you for the support!