ON THIS DAY: Just 9 years ago today...December 19th, 2009...DC was hit with it's largest single day December snowfall on record (15") during a storm that would total 16.4" @ DCA. The first of what would be 3 major blizzards during the 2009/10 winter.
I remember it well! Do you?
No major shift with GRAF simulations for Hurricane Helene, major hit to Florida coming tomorrow. HWRF, which is NOAA's best hurricane model, was scary at the 12z run peaking at 159mph, which would make it a category 5. Official forecast from NHC is peak at category 4 strength.
Lets update that thread on the coming January cold & snow threats. 🧵❄️☃️
From the morning Ensembles...the pattern really is giving snow lovers in the east EVERYTHING they could want. We have a west based -NAO block extending into the Hudson Bay region. We have cross polar flow
Updated Thread on Next Week's Snow Event❄️☃️
This will be a longer one...
To begin, the National Weather Service continues to highlight the middle of next week, 19-20th of February time frame, for the risk of heavy snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic & Northeast...
WATCH: Can clearly see the polar origins of the upcoming cold outbreak coming straight out of the Arctic Circle. Subfreezing temperatures could reach all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. A true to name arctic blast early this weekend into early next week!
So it begins...
We are losing over 2 minutes of daylight a day, and it's the last week that the sun sets after 8pm in DC. ☀️
...fall is indeed, coming. 🍂
Mentioned several days ago how the brutally cold Januarys of 1977 & 1985 were showing up as pattern analogs…
New Euro rolling in…it’s showing one of the most extreme cold air outbreaks I’ve ever seen from the ECMWF in the East mid-January. 🥶
Probably overdone but like…wow.
Funny to see January 1977 popping up in analog years for the middle of January.
This month was COLD...🥶
❄️Second coldest January on record nationally
❄️5th Coldest January on record for DC.
❄️DC picked up 9.7" of snow.
❄️So cold that it snowed in Miami, FL (only known time
