Poochie’s Weather

Last night’s snow was an appetizer, hope you aren’t full, because we got a main dish that won’t let you down.This sucker has the potential to be more powerful than the December blizzard we had. There is more precip in place, with higher temperatures. This will most likely produce anywhere between 12-24 inches of snow for our area.

Check out this satellite imagery.

I kid you not, but this already looks very similar to what the ‘93 perfect storm looked like but the storm was already over our area.

During the perfect storm our area received somewhere around 12 inches while places north of us received a general 12-20 inch. In fact localized reports of 30+ were reported. During this storm we had a rare situation where the jet streams encountered a triple phase. This means that all three jet streams (arctic, polar, sub-tropical) will combine and produce massive cyclogenesis (development of low pressure aka. explosion of moisture/wind). Theres a good history lesson for ya.

If 20 inches verifies, we will not have school Monday or Tuesday. There is also another storm possible Tuesday Night into Wednesday getting us that snow week that we have wanted for so long.

This snow will be heavy and wet causing problems with removal and possible roof collapses.

BUST POTENTIAL:A shift northward with this storm could bring possible mixing issues. Any sleet/freezing rain would cut down amounts. But sleet is just as good as snow for getting outta school.

Winter storm watch is already in effect from Friday morning to Saturday night. It states” ACCUMULATIONS…THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE 12 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA…WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES.”.

That’s a panic attack for MD.

Check footsforecast.org for the latest on this super kahuna.

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