Thursday Update: Who Doesn't Love This Start To The Day!

Good morning! This is my view this morning as I write this...

Who can think of a better way to start your day with a solid 2 inches of fluffy snow?Region wide we saw 1-2 inches last night from our clipper that moved through. Snow will start tapering off rapidly now and leave in its wake a white scene for today.

Temperatures stay cold through this weekend, then some moderation occurs next week. There will still be the chance for unsettled weather which we can hone in on a later post, but the real period we need to watch is Christmas week....

We will have an impressive ridge develop over Alaska which will drill cold air down into pattern. This is a feature we cannot ignore. On the other hand we have a southeast ridge that tries to fight the cold air. In between you get a very active storm track. I do think models have been overdoing this southeast ridge some. The target area here is the northern mid Atlantic into New England for multiple chances at winter precipitation Xmas week. Yes some areas see mixing and rain with this pattern in the mid Atlantic but we can not nail those details down this far out.

Bottom line:

No blow torch in sight. Some moderate next week (still shot at unsettled weather) then active storm track develops for the following week.