MILD WEATHER FOR SUPERBOWL SUNDAY...AS TEMPS HEAD FOR 50 OR JUST ABOVE..AND NOTHING MORE THAN A RAIN SHOWER DURING THE GAME. TEMPS WILL TURN COLDER DURING THE GAME. KICK OFF TEMPS...40-45....FALLING BACK THRU 30S SLOWLY. AS FOR "THE" GROUND HOG: HARD FOR HIM NOT TO SEE HIS SHADOW WITH ALL THE TV LIGHTS...BUT HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HIS SHADOW SINCE IT WILL BE CLOUDY...MEANING SPRING IS AROUND THE CORNER. WELL...DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT....LOTS OF WINTER AHEAD.
ABOVE...YOU CAN SEE THE SOUTHERN JET STREAM MOVING IN ACROSS SO. CALIFORNIA...SOMETHING MISSING ALL THIS MONTH. THIS SOUTHERN STREAM WILL POWER BIGGER STORMS IN TERMS OF PRECIP....AND WHEN COMBINING WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM..STAGE IS SET FOR WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST NEXT WEEK AND THEREAFTER. BELOW...CURRENT SURFACE MAP.
BELOW..MAP FOR SATURDAY. STORM IN MIDWEST WILL BRING 6" + TO PLACES LIKE CHICAGO.....AND HEAD UP ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. SUCH A PATTERN BRINGS MILDER WEATHER EAST.
BELOW: MAP FOR NEXT WEDNEDAY. TYPICAL HAND-OFF PATTERN. PRIMARY LOW MOVES INTO OHIO VALLEY...SECONDARY ALONG COAST. THIS LOOKS LIKE A MAINLY RAIN EVENT FOR BIG CITIES FROM BOSTON TO DCA....STARTING AS SLEET OR FR. RAIN. FROM OHIO VALLEY INTO NORTHERN THIRD OF NEW ENGLAND...SNOW GOES TO ICE...AND A SERIOUS ICE STORM MAY RESULT IN PARTS OF
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FINALLY...BY THE WEEKEND...NEXT WEEKEND....A STORM SHOULD FORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND TRACK UP THE EAST COAST. DON'T THINK THIS WILL BE ALL SNOW..BUT AGAIN...WILL CARRY HEAVY PRECIP. SO WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH. HAVE A NICE - SAFE WEEKEND.
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FINALLY...BY THE WEEKEND...NEXT WEEKEND....A STORM SHOULD FORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND TRACK UP THE EAST COAST. DON'T THINK THIS WILL BE ALL SNOW..BUT AGAIN...WILL CARRY HEAVY PRECIP. SO WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH. HAVE A NICE - SAFE WEEKEND.