Published on: January 14, 2013 at 11:31 AM

The new (12Z) GFS still wants bring a cold core upper low right on top of us Thursday, with potential for some light snow accumulation under the cold pool.

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BUT… not so fast… the 12Z NAM shows the cold core passing north of Alabama, with nothing but rain here.

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Don’t get too excited about the snow potential for now… surface temperatures should be above freezing, and even if we get enough dynamic cooling for snow I am not sure it will accumulate. Let’s keep an eye on future runs before we really jump on the snow bandwagon…