Evansville Weather Update: December 27, 2012

After the historical blizzard with 7.7" of snow at Evansville's regional airport and 1'+ over portions of southern Illinois, the snow has tapered over today. The temperature today will rise to 35, with cloudy skies. Tomorrow, clouds will be with us all day and we'll see a high temperature near 40 after a low in the mid 20's. To our south, a relatively weak system will be pushing northeast. Generally light rain will develop and spread north toward the southern part of the area midday tomorrow. There are differences between the models as if we'll see any wintry precip or not. The NAM has a more southeasterly track to the low, while the GFS has a closer track meaning more precipitation for our area. If the GFS has its way, an 1"of snow is not out of the question especially for areas northwest of the city of Evansville. If the NAM has its way, then light rain will spread across southeastern portions of the area tomorrow evening, with no precipitation at all for the Evansville area. This is nothing to make hay out of, but a rain changing to snow situation is possible tomorrow night. With that, low temps on Saturday morning will be down into the upper 20's. Saturday looks cold and mostly cloudy with high temperatures into the mid 30's with breezy conditions. A few rain/snow showers look possible especially early. After a chilly low on Sunday around 20, skies on Sunday will be brighter with a high temp in the upper 30's.