February 7 – Superbowl Sunday starts with a super storm on the Carolina US coast. It’s actually snowing and accumulating in parts of eastern North Carolina this morning. This beast has prompted Gale Warnings up to the Mid Atlantic and is worth watch for two reasons. First, it will create a weakness in the atmosphere for another storm to follow during the week. Secondly, the trend has been for storms to slow down and hang back west. Remember last Friday’s event? I bring that up because as I show the GFS model below clearing the coast, I think snow may hang back west and could clip Delmarva Monday. I’ve separated the second system in it’s own section below to identify how complex our snow set up will be. Also, there are snow totals from three computer models that vary a lot. I hope to make my first call for snowfall this afternoon before the Super Bowl festivities begin.
The main points I want to make here:
- It will snow this week
- Starts: Rain changes to snow late Monday
- Main Event: Tuesday
- Snow Showers Linger: Wednesday and Thursday
- Cold Will Hold: Temps stay below average through next week
Storm 1: The Coastal (slider –>)
The trend has been for systems to slow down and stay west. This could clip Delmarva Monday morning.
*Note: If the coastal does hang back west, it would likely result in higher snow amounts with the next system. as it will keep the focus on our region and linger the following systems longer as well.
Set Up For Storm 2
The clipper will fade and get stuck in the Great Lakes, but spawn a surface Low (or two) passing over Maryland and off the coast. Think 3-D here: The surface Low off of the coast will not be strong and move away. But it will send moisture back to the upper Low and that will be responsible for our snow. It’s called a deformation zone, and sometimes referred to as a ‘pump and dump‘. It’s hard to see until it forms. But that pump off the ocean can focus or dump snow in a local area inland that can outdo models. That is why there is such a spread in the totals (shown below).
As we look at the GFS model with a closer look, this is the most aggressive with the deformation zone.
Storm 2: Deformation Zone (slider –>)
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As for that snow..
SNOW POTENTIAL: NOT MY FORECAST
GFS- Most Aggressive (but look below at others snowing much less)
Cold With Hold Into Next Week
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