Cold will ease before we refreeze !

NOTICE THE STREAM OF MOISTURE COMING IN OFF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL WEST COAST. THIS SOUTHERN JET STREAM WILL BE CAUSING BIG TROUBLE NEXT WEEK....WHICH I WILL GET INTO SHORTLY.  THE DARK BLUE IN MID NATION WILL BE THE NEXT SYSTEM HEADING THIS WAY OVER THE WEEKEND. SNOW AND WINTRY MIX FROM GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND...BUT
ONLY SOME RAIN SHOWERS THIS WEEKEND FOR NYC ON SOUTH.

NOTICE THE CLOUDS AND GREEN OVER FLORIDA....NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THERE WILL BE ANYTHING BUT NICE.  STORM IN NEVADA IS THE ONE THAT HITS NORTHEAST OVER WEEKEND AS DISCUSSED ABOVE.

THIS IS THE GFS MODEL FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY. THEY HAVE STORM OVER NORTHERN APPALACHIANS...WHICH IS A COMPROMISE. THIS MOISTURE RICH STORM WILL HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION BUT A COASTAL LOW WILL ALMOST DEFINITELY FORM...COMPLICATING THE PICTURE. THE BIG CITIES FROM DCA TO BOSTON WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW..ICE AND THEN A CHANGE TO RAIN AND BACK TO SNOW ON TAIL END. A COMPLETE MESS. FURTHER NORTH...ALL SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND WILL MANY PLACES CHAULKING UP A FOOT.
BEHIND IT...ANOTHER FRIGID AIR MASS SLIDING DOWN FROM WESTERN CANADA. SEE THE STORM IN GULF OF ALASKA...THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEKEND.  

NEXT WEDNEDAY'S STORM WILL LEAVE A SWATH OF HEAVY PRECIP FROM LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NEW ENGLAND. THIS AREA WILL GET OVER 1" LIQUID...WHERE IT IS COLD ENOUGH..THAT TRANSLATES TO 10" OR MORE...AND THAT COULD INCLUDE CHICAGO...DETROIT...ALBANY....ETC.  NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS....DON'T KNOW IF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE COLD...BUT THE LATEST FLU REPORT SHOWED QUITE A DROP NATION-WIDE. SEE BELOW.