Good Friday to one and all and thanks so much for dropping by the blog. We will be catching a break from the snow showers today as we get set to see something rare take place around here… precipitation moving from northeast to southwest across the state. This means steady snows will break out late this evening into the overnight with accumulations likely into Saturday. We will talk about this and take a look at next week’s storm potential.

The big blizzard is raging across parts of the northeastern states. This has a massive circulation  with it and as the storm backs westward into Pennsylvania… it will send a chunk of energy our way this evening into early Saturday. This will cause a band of steady snow to breakout and work toward the southwest. You can really get a good look at how this plays out with these maps I made from the latest NAM model…



That should be a rather healthy batch of moderate snows associated with this lobe of energy swinging through here. With the majority of the snows coming after dark… accumulations are a good bet for a lot of folks. You can track the northeast blizzard and the southwest moving batch of snow with a couple of regional radars I have set aside for you…





This batch of snow will continue to work backward across the region into Saturday. It is by this time we return to the snow showers and squalls that should try to hang tough into Sunday in some areas. How much more snow can we expect? Here is a map with my latest thoughts…



Temps during the weekend will remain WELL BELOW normal as we get set to close out the month of February. The opening week of March will be just as cold as spring shows no signs of showing up anytime soon. The blog has been yapping about the potential for another big storm threat for the first week of March for some time now. The models had been all over this then went way south and out to sea for the past few days. We said they were probably wrong and to expect a northward trend with the storm and sure enough… the models are all doing just that for the Tuesday and Wednesday storm.
Here is the European Model…


Canadian Model…


Even the south and east biased GFS is coming north…


The pattern continues to look ripe for this storm next week and perhaps another storm closer to the middle of March. Once again… I want to stress that an early spring is out of the picture this year and that old man winter still has a ways to go.

I will have more updates as needed today so check back. Have a great Friday and take care.