Posted on 02/09/2006 3:15:36 PM PST by Angus MacGregor
MAJOR WEEKEND SNOWSTORM IN THE EAST Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 3:50 PM EST by AccuWeather.com
AccuWeather.com is forecasting a disruptive winter storm from the Tennessee Valley to New England.
An Alberta Clipper that moved out of western Canada into the Midwest is forecast to join forces with energy being carried by the southern branch of the jet stream. The Clipper will quickly gain strength as it picks up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is forecast to be a fast-moving power-puncher, with a short period of heavy snowfall punctuated by the wind, causing blowing and drifting snow.
The storm will develop over Arkansas on Friday afternoon. By Friday night, the snow will begin in the Tennessee Valley and along the Appalachian spine. On Saturday it will roll through the mid-Atlantic states and by Sunday it will move through New England and out to sea.
The AccuWeather.com Winter Center is forecasting the following snowfall amounts: Washington D.C. -- 2-4" with higher amounts possible if the snow does not turn to rain Philadelphia -- 3-6" New York City -- 3-6" in the city, 6-12" to the north and west, 1-3" on Long Island Boston -- 6-12" with lesser amounts along the south coast and Cape Cod I-81 through Central PA -- 6-12"
Expert Senior Meteorologist Joe Bastardi says the storm will send cold air plunging as far south as Texas, and potentially could take snow south to the I-20 corridor, but he is forecasting most of snow in the South should develop along the I-40 corridor.
Florida will also feel the chilling effect of this winter storm as cold air wraps around behind the system. AccuWeather.com is forecasting overnight lows of 31 in Tampa, the coldest it has been since mid-December. Pensacola could be even colder on Saturday night, with a forecast low in the mid to upper 20s.
The weather news in the Southwest is not as dramatic. The wildfire danger in Southern California may ease slightly today. A dome of high pressure centered over the Rockies still dominates the weather across the Southwest, but it will be slightly weaker than the past few days. As a result the Santa Ana winds are not as strong today. Even so, conditions remain ripe for fires to spring up, with low humidity and continuing warm temperatures.
Red Flag Warnings remain posted through Saturday afternoon across the mountains and the Inland Empire of Southern California. The Sierra Fire in the Cleveland National Forest along the Orange - Riverside County line has grown to over 8,000 acres since Monday, and is about 35% contained. A small fire, believed to have been started by a burning abandoned car, erupted Wednesday in the rugged hills above Malibu but caused no damage to structures.
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Thank goodness. :)
LOL
My brother is in Vero Beach; my folks are headed there today from Colorado and my nieces family from Pittsburgh, they may be surprised.
Oh Great. Not only does it look like I'll be snowed in for my birthday on Sunday and have to cancel my plans, and not the first time that's ever happened - remember the blizzard of '83? but, now I think I'm catching a cold or flu ....God hates me. (pity sarcasm)
So instead of drinking hot rum toddies, it will be Nyquil shooters to ease the pain of watching the wall to wall snow coverage coverage on local TV cause they'll pre-empt everything else becasue nothing is more important than some info-babe standing on a highway overpass telling us it's snowing. (local media disgust sarcasm)
Oh Hell since life as we know it is now over and there is no hope, think I'll have both the hot rum toddies and the Nyquil. (comfortably numb sarcasm)
I'll send one last transmission and fond farewell to you all before the snow collapses in on me. (just plain sarcasm)
Drop everything and run to the store for bread and milk....
Local weather projections"
WGAL, 4-6"
WHP, 7-9"
WHYL, 6-8"
Penn State weather channel (local), 12-14"
Sure wish they would get their stories (projections) together.
No one from FEMA has been here to shovel my driveway all winter.
My attorney is drawing up papers as we speak.
Sigh.... Yep... The good news is the plow truck is finally almost repaired so we should be able to get up and down the driveway... And, I just got my first season of SG-1 on DVD... I'm a new fan so it should be a nice weekend. :-)
vero may be a little warmer than the tampa area but come saturday evening they are expecting low 40's high 30's at night.
I got a hunch I'm going to be spending the day shoveling.
You're right---I was at Okemo last weekend and the grooming was excellent....even with the rain overnight!!!
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We currently have a little more than an inch so far here in central Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and the forcasts are for 8-12 inches by tomorrow morning. Guess we'll see. :)
Snowing in Lancaster County, PA.
I'm sittin' northern Morris County--prolly 10". Just made sure the blower had enough gas in it.
The sun comes out in the winter.
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Some parts of New England may get up to 2 feet of snow.
Finally a good ol fashioned Nor'easter.
Blizzard warnings in many parts of Southern Mass.
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