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Snow Map for the Monday to Tuesday Snow Event…Winter storm Index 2
A fast moving jet going from west to east across the country will initiate a wave of low pressure that will quickly move across the country Monday and Tuesday. That wave of low pressure will produce a swath of 1-4 inches of snow from Nebraska to the Northeast. I can see a little extra snow […]
Updated Snow Map for the Storm Heading Across the Great Lakes
Moderate to heavy snow, heavy sleet and blowing snow is moving across Iowa into Wisconsin this morning. That area of heavy snow will move into western and northern Michigan tonight. Most areas will be 4+ inches of snow with this system followed very cold weather across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Friday and Saturday. […]
Last Snow Map Update
This will be the last update to the snow map as I will be going into storm model this afternoon with live blogs to keep updated on what is going on. This morning, all the models seem to be in agreement that a widespread heavy snow event will occur across the Midwest, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic […]
The 18z Model Snow Maps Just for Fun
The GFS seems to be consistent with this storm in regards to snow amounts while the ECMWF is moving around with the snow. Below is the GFS trend map showing the last 6 runs of the model. Also below are the other models showing the snowfall for the Midwest and Northeast. I think the Midwest […]
Various Snowfall Maps for the Major Winter Storm. Winter Storm Index 4!
A complicated major winter storm will hit areas from the Midwest, Ohio Valley, into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Snow will begin the Midwest Saturday and spread into the Ohio Valley. We should see a band of 4-12 inches of snow developing in the Ohio Valley along the warm front where the low level jet will […]
Updated Snow Map for the Snow Tonight into Thursday
Snow continues to move across the Mississippi Valley will impact parts of the southern Ohio Valley into North Carolina and Virginia. This is mainly a 1-4 inch snowstorm, but areas of Northern North Carolina along the Virginia state line could see locally 6 inches of snow. The snow will last about 6-8 hours in any […]
Latest Snow and Ice Forecast for the Northeast
The snow will spread across the Northeast and last into Thursday. The snow may even linger across eastern New England where a coastal trough develops Thursday morning. For most areas, this will be a 1-4 inch snowstorm with locally 6 inches across central New York. The ice across Pennsylvania will end as temperatures warm some […]
Digital Snowfall and Ice Forecasts for the Current Storm
I wanted to share the snowfall and icefall images from the NDFD model which basically is very similar to my forecast map. They did show a more detailed maps of the snow and ice forecasts for the storm coming. I am concerned that a a little more snow will occur across New England than predicted. […]
Clipper to Bring More Snow Eastern Canada and Northeast…NYC May See Some!
Another clipper will move through eastern Canada and the Northeast Thursday. Snow will spread out ahead of the clipper and impact parts of eastern Canada into the Northeast. Typically snow will spread over a larger area than what the models have shown, so I made my area to show snow into northern PA, northern NJ, […]