SATELLITE PICTURE REVEALS STRONG STORM OFF CALIFORNIA. IT WILL BRING RAIN TO WEST COAST TODAY AND EVEN THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A SPOTTY TORNADO....TO CALIFORNIA. THIS IS THE STORM THAT WILL COME EAST ....IN REDUCED INTENSITY....BUT NOTHING BUT A BIG WINTER HEADACHE FROM OHIO VALLEY TO EAST COAST BY MONDAY. (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)
ABOVE - CLOSE UP....VIGOROUS STORM IN PACIFIC. BELOW...CURRENT MAP WHICH SHOWS THAT STORM.
BELOW...MAP FOR SUNDAY. OUR CALIFORNIA LOW IS MOVING ALONG THAT FRONT. EVEN THOUGH THIS WILL NOT BE AN INTENSE STORM..IT WILL BRING A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF IT'S TRACK...AFFECTING BIG CITIES LIKE PHILY AND NYC BY MONDAY.
ABOVE...BY MONDAY...IT'S A WAVE TRAINS OF LOWS ALONG THAT FRONT. FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THRU OHIO VALLEY...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL...AND A SWATH OF 6-12" LIKELY ALL THE WAY TO EAST COAST. MORE ON THIS THRU THE WEEKEND. HAVE A NICE AND SAFE ONE.