Okay media, it’s time to crank up the hype machine. Braum’s you’re on standby too.

Next Friday the 13th models really want to dump ice over much of the state:

The GFS model advertises mixed precip and ice for Friday evening

The same model says frozen precip could still be falling into late Saturday night:

GFS model showing the overnight hours between Saturday and Sunday

And finally, here are accumulation numbers (note: in the SE portion of the state much of this precip will be rain):

Potential ice accumulation per the same GFS model

Even the NWS is onboard with this potential:

As with all my posts that contain this type of information, please remember, things change with models and these maps will become much more refined as the event nears. Whether we’re still in the “zone” for mix or ice by the time the system arrives is impossible to know. But it’s sure worth keeping an eye on.