On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 10:58:36 AM UTC-5, xmetman wrote:
On Friday, 22 January 2016 15:48:18 UTC, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Friday, 22 January 2016 10:49:52 UTC, wrote:
I have been reliably informed by my elderly neighbour that the great US
blizzard due to hit today will then strike us in a week's time. He firmly
believes it and says he has been right in the past. Bless.

Even Carol Kirkwood made reference to it coming across the Atlantic but cautioned thankfully that snow would be unlikely.

Still a good time for vicariously taking a look at white stuff piling up on webcams...

It's all still a bit premature, when I went looking for it on the charts I was surprised to find that the deepening low was still over Alabama, but tomorrow will be interesting on the eastern seaboard. The really deep cold air is still a long way north though.

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It's interesting today, in fact. I'd get watching the webcams. The centre may have been over Alabama but it's a large and quickly developing storm. Anomalous cold has been in place for several days east of the Rockies and the storm is bringing less-cold air.

West Virginia and Virginia have already accumulated up to 1ft of snow in the Appalachians and southern Allegheny Mountains with a couple more feet to come. The snow's leading edge is already pushing through Pennsylvania. DC and Baltimore could have two feet of snow before this is over and freezing rain is bringing up to 1/4" of glaze to North Carolina. Strengthening NE'ly winds are going to cause coastal flooding and beach erosion from Delmarva to Massachusetts.

This is a classic Nor'easter and a particularly strong one, fed by tropical moisture around its eastern flank and energised by the sharp thermal gradient across it, which is also bringing risks of severe storms to Florida as the associated cold front exits eastwards. The water vapour imagery is well worth a look; it's a heck of a lot of moisture for this time of year.

Stephen.