Snowstorm Potential Dec 17th Storm!

Winter Weather,

The models seem to be in consensus that is a storm is coming next week. At least two are in agreement on the track of the storm while the GFS seems to be the outlyer with a track west of the Appalachians. The GEMS and ECMWF take the storm East with a swath of moderate snows from the plains to the Mid-Atlantic. I like the ECMWF model with a storm coming east with a swath of 1-8 inches of snow and ice on the southern edge of the snow.

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ECMWF for Tuesday at 12z

 

You can see the GFS model with the track going west of the Appalachians.

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GFS

 

The GEM model agrees with the ECMWF model in regards to the track and snow swath.

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GEM

 

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