The southern snow storm currently underway is gracing the Deep South with the white stuff rather than dumping on us again. I haven’t confirmed it but I have seen multiple online references to the fact that after this storm all 50 states will have snow…
Looks like the Saturday storm will be a non-event for us. The system is supposed to stay far enough south of us to keep us high and dry. As for the Monday night / Tuesday morning “storm” (I hesitate to even label it that after what we’ve just been th…
Given the record-setting snowfalls this winter one would expect the media to start hyping potential future snow storms and it seems they’ve already started doing so. The forecast models do indicate a fast moving Alberta clipper coming our way Monday n…
Here during – hopefully – Northern Virginia’s last major snowstorm of the 2010 winter I have my fingers crossed that the current weather pattern and its abundant moisture will lead to a productive storm chase season both here and in the Alley. Looking…
Finished first round of shoveling about 30 minutes ago and it appeared we had about 4 inches of new snow, which overlaid a layer of sleet that fell for a while last evening. While I was out and about the sustained wind slowly increased but the power o…
It started sleeting here at 3:50 this afternoon, so I guess that snow/sleet line I was concerned about has pushed north through our area today. From the model guidance I was expecting precipitation to break out a few hours earlier than it did, so now …
Given our juxtaposition to a surface low to our northwest and a developing low off Cape Hatteras we will be receiving the “benefits” of both systems in terms of moisture and cold air. Snow totals still look to be in the 6-8″ range although the sleet l…
Just peeked at this morning models runs and I almost gagged. I’m going to have to – reluctantly – up our snow totals to 6-8 inches, starting tomorrow afternoon and ending late Wednesday afternoon. The models came in colder and wetter than previous ru…
Still sticking with 3-5 inches of mixed snow/sleet for us once all is said and done around noon Wednesday. I still don’t buy the NWS forecast of it starting as a rain/snow mix tomorrow afternoon as the airmass is very cold and the snow cover isn’t goi…
After a low of 7 degrees this morning at Shannon airport it has “warmed” up to almost the freezing mark. That’s a good thing since it allows the bright sunshine to help soften and melt some of the snow before the next batch arrives Tuesday afternoon. …
