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.
Sounds like your husband knows what he's talking about.
Personally, I thrive on this stuff. I got snowshoes ready to go, a single wall high vent tent, and a candle lantern that will drive up my tent temp at least 10 degrees.
I'm going in, somewhere, not sure yet, at least ten miles. Let it snow...let it snow...let it snow!!!
Tell your husband I would love to drive down your way and take the kiddies on an adventure such as this...sometime.
You forgot the toilet paper!!!!!!
She got a late start, she was an obedience and agility dog until she was 2 1/2, but the first time she saw a duck fall out of the sky, she knew that was what she was born for.
Guess we'll see if all those trialing ribbons mean anything when it comes to a real hunting situation . . . < g > she'll have a good time anyhow, Labs always have a good time no matter what happens.
I had 10 inches of snow in the first two weeks of December before it turned into spring around Dec. 15, the spring that has not turned back to winter yet, though it was actually kind of cool this week....but that was just a brief interlude from the blowtorch.
10 inches is half my normal snowfall, so I was expecting a spectacular winter...perhaps 25 inches maybe even. I was really excited since I definitely love snow.
At this point, I may not even get my average of 18-20 or so.
Very little time left now.
Oh well....if we have a lot of severe weather in March and April I can forget the crappy winter.
Gee, Thanks, Carl.
Just as I'm about to go down to the house in La Paz for a week too.
Can't do a stick shift though.
Let them suffer...less money for them to donate to the Democrats. NO SNOW on the ground in the western New Hampshire region on February 9th? SWEET! Bring on spring!
hopefully you will get a lot of snow so you can get people coming in for those car washes. :)
I beg your pardon. Vt may be way off to the left - but the skiing has been very good. grooming and snowmaking save the day,at least around Stratton, Okemo and Bromley. Now snow mobiling is a different story.
yes...they are lininig up in the grocery stores now- I day of rationings for every possible inch of snow!!
No way will hell freeze over, lol! Central Texas weathermen are ecstatic that they can finally predict something besides warm and dry. It will only get up to the mid-50's tomorrow and Saturday. Yay! Going to find my sweaters that haven't been used in over a year. This may be my only chance to wear them this winter.
Where is that?
ROTFL.
I'm supposed to be in the garage doing a timing belt. I'm wondering if I shouldn't put that off, and do it on a warmer weekend.
Back in "Snowjam 82" we did get enough snow for us to break out the old style skis (convertible from downhill to X-country by loosening the rear (wire) bindings) and ski from our apartment to the local golf course, reattach the bindings and do some downhill skiing, then ski back home.
But it hasn't happened since!
I love those candle lanterns. I like our double wall tent (it has two high vents, which is nice), is a single wall better for real snow?
I can think of half a dozen excuses not to do a timing belt . . . at least not on a recent car. I replaced one on our old '69 Torino, but I don't touch these newfangled cars. We used to have a '74 TR-6 and of course we had to do everything on that or we would have gone broke.
15W?
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