Potential Winter Storm early next week could mean more ice

Arctic air is building over a large section of Western Canada, Alaska and now the Dakotas and it’s on the way south this weekend for the Carolinas. This is going to set the stage for a potential ice storm for parts of the western Carolinas starting Monday into Tuesday. Here’s a look at the set-up I’m looking at today.

Here’s the set-up based on the GFS model.

Soundings look like mostly freezing rain at this point and time.

Here’s how freezing rain forms, (NC State Climate Office graphic)