10 Things to Look for this Winter

Well, the big chill is here. Hope you were ready for it as I gave you over 10 days advanced warning. This week as I mentioned will be much below normal and now eyes are on a potential big storm for this Friday which could give the I-95 corridor another big rainmaker. The storm will become a polar vortex once it passes and usher another shot of really cold air. This cold air could be enough to support snowshowers/flurries on Saturday from Northern Virginia North. But dont worry, there will be a moderation towards the end of October.

Now with Winter coming up...Here are 10 things that will define this winter.

1) It will be a stormy winter. El Nino winters are known for being very stormy. Dosent mean every storm is snow but it will be an active winter with lots of events.

2) It will not be a historically cold winter. The earth has been getting warmer and the stats back it up. We just had the warmest winter and summer in recorded history so getting historically cold weather will be very tough. Nothing that we cant handle this year.

3) December will be the warmest month of winter relative to Normal.

4) January will be the coldest month of winter relative to normal. Last year was a historically warm January. I think this year January will be cold and stormy.

5) January and February will be very snowy. Dont be surprised if we dont have much snow heading into January. The snow will come and will come often.

6) There will be at least one severe Winter Storm this year. Most El Nino winters feature a storm for the record books. Look for one like this in January or February.

7) When it gets Warm, its going to get really warm. This winter isnt all about snow and cold. There will be some warm spells and they could be record breaking warm spells due to the strength of El Nino and the overall warming that we have been seeing recently.

8) Expect alot of Mix Events. IF you live In or South and East of the big cites like Washington,Philly, expect alot of storms to start as snow and change to rain or mix. With El Nino, you have a tendancy for very powerful storms which tend to wrap more warm air on the east side of the storm. If you live N and W like Hagerstown,Fredrick,Allentown, PA, you could be in the bullseye of alot of storms.

9) There will not be a White Christmas this year but maybe a White New Years

10) the DC screw. This happens every winter so no suprises but DC will find a way to screw up a winter storm or two.