CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS OHIO AND PA. WILL CAUSE SOME FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC TODAY...NO BIG DEAL..JUST TO REMIND YOU IT IS WINTER. THE BRIGHT COLORS IN TEXAS WILL HEAD ACROSS THE GULF STATES AS YOU CAN SEE THE 2 JET STREAMS REMAINING SEPARATE. UNLESS THEY MERGE...BIG STORMS NOT IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW. BELOW WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT EARLY NEXT WEEK AND HOW THE MODELS DIFFER. (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)
THE GFS ABOVE....WANTS TO BRING IN A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MONDAY/TUESDAY NEXT WEEK FOR MUCH OF THE NE, GT. LKS, OHIO VALLEY AND EAST COAST. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY START AS SNOW AND SLEET AND CHANGE TO RAIN FROM NYC ON SOUTH.
THE CANADIAN MODEL SHOWS THE SYSTEM OFFSHORE WITH COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AND SNOW ONLY IN THE LEE OF THE GREAT LAKES.
THE EURO HAS THE AREA IN HIGH PRESSURE BUT AND TROF FORMS FROM APPALACHIANS TO GULF COAST. SIMILAR TO GFS BUT NOT AS ROBUST. OUR TAKE: THE GFS. THINK THE MODEL IS RIGHT ON PHASING THE JET STREAMS AND DO FEEL A MAJOR WINTER STORM IN IN THE MAKING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION BY
START OF NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN...BUNDLE UP. LATER.
START OF NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN...BUNDLE UP. LATER.