We have a good chance of showers in southwest Florida tomorrow afternoon and evening as a cold front comes through -- the latest in a series of fronts that have kept our winter abnormally cold across the area. Meantime, to our north, yet another major winter storm will impact the eastern part of the country... most notably in the northern Middle Atlantic and New England. This time, the storm track looks a little farther north so places like Washington, DC, and Baltimore will avoid the worst... while the heaviest snow this time looks to fall from near Philadelphia to NYC to south of Boston, MA.
Above is the GFS forecast model, the lower right hand panel is the accumulated liquid precipitation between now and Thursday afternoon. The yellow bullseye south of Philly indicates the possibility for more than 1.50" of precipitation... which could translate to well over a foot of snow once again. This winter, the models have generally put the heaviest snow bands a little too far south, following this trend it looks like the heaviest with this storm likely will fall closer to NYC. Bottom line: several places in the Northeast will have well over a foot of snow again later this week... with places farther north making up for lost time (Boston has only half the snow this winter of places like Philly, NYC, and Baltimore!).
What an amazing winter.. for them and for us.
Brian
