Risks of a snow and ice storm are rising across the Deep South for late this week. The Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service is indicating a 30 to 50 percent chance for at least 2 to 3 inches of snow followed bywhat could be along period of freezing rain and ice accretion. The risk area includes Northern Mississippi, Northern Alabama, Northern Georgia, virtually all of Tennesse Western South Carolina and Western North Carolina, A storm developing in the Gulf of Mexico will move east, hugging the Gulf Coast from Texas to the Florida Panhandle.
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,A cold dome of high pressure is forecast to settle over the Mid Atlantic states and wedge southwestward into the Appalachians. This is a set up fo a long duration freezing rain event which will be especially troublesome for much of Norhtern Georgia, South Carolina an North Carolina.
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As far as the snow is concerned, model guidance brings several inches of snow or more over the entire risk area during Friday. Highest snow amounts will be across Arkansas, Northern Mississippi into Tennessee. Model guidance suggest widespread 3 to 6 inches of snow before it ends as some freezing rain later Friday