⚠️ In the event of a fire, always CLOSE THE DOOR behind you. Doing so isolates fire and can prevent the spread of smoke, heat, and flames. It saves lives.
CLOSE THE DOOR.
⚠️❄️🌬️ There remains high confidence in a significant winter storm impacting the area Sunday-Monday. Blizzard Warnings have been expanded further inland, whereas Winter Storm Warnings are now in effect elsewhere. Heavy snow will begin Sunday night. (1/3)
#NJwx#MDwx#PAwx#DEwx
Portions of the region are under a blizzard warning. It has been a few years since the region saw a blizzard, so as a reminder, here is the definition of a blizzard. The combination of winds and blowing snow result in whiteout conditions. #NJWX#DEWX#MDWX
Wherever this weekend finds you, I hope it's filled with good people, good food, and big laughs. To paraphrase my countryman Ricky Gervais, we only get one of these. There's no sequel.
So don't take it so seriously and PLEASE: Enjoy the hell out of it.
We are in for one hell of an ending to January in the eastern half of the country with unending ARCTIC COLD and SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION across most of this area. It's going to stay VERY COLD after the event too, which makes melting and recovery much more difficult when significant ICE and SNOW fall. There are many details within the ECMWF model below, but I wanted to show you a "rough draft" of this storm.
The timeline of the event looks to be Friday afternoon into Tuesday from the southern Plains to the Mid Atlantic. The ECMWF wants to put the northeast into a snowstorm before this ends on Tuesday.
Some of the data I have looked at this morning is downright scary with respect to ICE ACCRETION. Hopefully a lot of this falls as SLEET, but some of the FREEZING RAIN COULD BE OVER AN INCH which is crippling. Double digit SNOW is likely as well especially in the mid-Atlantic region. Significant snowfall is expected in DC. ICE is possible to the southeast coast.
I've included the @weatherbell NBM liquid equivalent total as this is the pie from which we slice. How this plays out in precip types is still up for discussion, but this has the potential to disrupt life as we know it for many areas for several days during and after the event.
@NWS_MountHolly@birdzfan11 Maybe that should change. Especially if there isn’t any rain involved. The public won’t pay attention if Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are issued and nothing happens.