I'm not holding my breath

I've been seeing some chatter about a chance of snow Friday, but right now it appears this system is going to miss Cape Girardeau to the south.

The official forecast for Cape only mentions a tiny 20% chance of snow Friday. In their afternoon discussion, the forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah explained:

THE "ALL OR NOTHING" LINE SEEMS TO SET UP FROM NEW MADRID MO, TO PADUCAH, KY TO OWENSBORO, KY. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE SOUTH OF THAT LINE, AND ESPECIALLY FROM MAYFIELD AND MURRAY, EAST ACROSS THE LAKES AREA TOWARD HOPKINSVILLE.

The national outlook shows no precipitation for Cape over the next seven days.

On the other hand, there is a small sliver of hope that the storm could shift significantly to the north. In that case, we could see a couple inches of accumulation. One graphic from the Weather Prediction Center (using a combination of computer models) does paint a 10-20% chance that Cape will see two inches of snow and a 1-5% chance of four inches.

More than likely we won't see a single snowflake Friday, but things can change in a hurry.