The snow still lingering around Fayetteville and the region will likely disappear soon, but you might want to keep an eye out on the weather, as snow could be coming yet again.

No, we aren’t as excited about what all the meteorologists are saying so far. And we don’t want you going out and getting ingredients for your milk sandwiches again. But if you’re into daydreaming about what might become, follow along as we take a look at some potential outcomes. (Also, Fayetteville, thanks for all your snow photos again!)

First off, nothing like what we saw last Friday night is coming. Let’s make that clear. But there is some unusual weather happening this week. We’ll see a “warmer” day on Tuesday, which should clear out all that snow and ice. But after that…watch out.

A high pressure system coming in from Alaska (where all things cold seem to come from), will send high temps into the lower 40s all week, and lows in the 20s. That’s pretty chilly.

And that all will set up a potential – albeit small – for Fayetteville to see snow again Friday or Saturday.

“Uncertainty remains in the forecast for the latter this week, where a system could bring the threat for wintry precip to eastern NC Friday – Saturday. Currently, there is low confidence in track, timing, and precipitation types/amounts, with variability across model guidance.”

Here’s what’s making that possible:

• A Coastal System is Coming

  There’s a low pressure system building off the coast by the end of the week. That’s not unusual. We see these come through all the time.

  3) Things get interesting by Friday/Saturday. A trough will approach Friday and become neutrally tilted over the SE and then negatively tilted off the SE coast. This will spark the development of a low pressure system near or just off the SE coast by Friday pm.

  — Allan Huffman (@RaleighWx) January 24, 2022

• But Will It Have the Right Timing?

  That’s the tricky part. If it brings precipitation to the area, we’ll see some rain. But if it brings precipitation to the area AND that high coming from Alaska hits around the same time… well now we might be cooking.

  5) They could come together too late and precip is confined to the coast/offshore. Or we could see precip primarily just associated with the upper trough as it moves over with little coastal influence. I do think this could clobber someone in the Northeast US esp New England.

  — Allan Huffman (@RaleighWx) January 24, 2022

• A Little Heads Up

  Our friends at NC Emergency Management talk a little about the potential here… but do mention it’s low confidence at this point.

  • Uncertainty remains in the forecast for the latter this week, where a system could bring the threat for wintry precip to eastern NC Friday - Saturday. Currently, there is low confidence in track, timing, and precipitation types/amounts, with variability across model guidance.

  — NC Emergency Management (@NCEmergency) January 24, 2022

• Big Ideas, Bigger Heartbreak

  Latching yourself onto hopes for more snow here is probably not a good idea, as Chick Jacobs points out.

  If things develop as projected, we'll see what is called a Miller A setup (named after J.E. Miller, for those who care). These are normally all rain/snow events with a sharp cutoff in our neck of the woods. Some of the biggest all-time snow events here were Miller A's. 6/x

  — Chick Jacobs (@NCWeatherhound) January 24, 2022

• For Now, Just Have Fun!

  We got snow. That’s a win for us. And it wasn’t too bad for most anyone. Lots of people got to play in it. Check out the gallery below for our fan submissions. And share yours if you haven’t yet!

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