Storms Tonight - Snow Monday?

FROM KRBC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST RANDY TURNER ..

GOOD EVENING - GET READY FOR ALL TYPES OF WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TONIGHT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE UPPER LOW PROVIDES THE NEEDED LIFT OR TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR STORMS. BUT, SO DOES A DRY LINE / COLD FRONT ONE TWO PUNCH COMING IN TONIGHT. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING WILL DO SO RAPIDLY AND MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL HAPPEN DURING THE OVERNIGHT BUT SO WILL THE ARRIVAL OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. ONCE THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE ENTIRE KRBC VIEWING AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE, ANY MOISTURE LEFT OVER WILL PROBABLY FALL AS A RAIN/SNOW MIX.

THE KEY THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT MONDAY - IT IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY COLD - HIGHS STAYING IN THE 30'S FOR MUCH OF THE KRBC VIEWING AREA. FACTOR WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30MPH RANG AND THAT MAKES WIND CHILLS TOMORROW IN THE 20'S.

ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL ISN'T EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE DUE TO OUR VERY WARM GROUND, BUT IT COULD CAUSE SOME TRAVEL ISSUES ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. AS QUICKLY AS IT GETS COLD, IT'LL WARM UP TUESDAY BACK TO THE LOW 60'S.

WATCH KRBC FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.