Final call on the storm. Another snow bust...

Okay...

the latest data is trending to more ice and less snow. I think snow will be about an inch for Dulles, a dusting in DC and 2-4 inches N and W of Dulles Airport. Ice will be a big problem pretty much everywhere but I think DC and the close suburbs now do turn to some rain for a while. I said a few days ago that Hagerstown will be the bullseye. Well, they will be for ICE. Severe ice damage up in that area. Fredrick too will be in trouble as will Loudoun County and Montgomery County. So if you about 20-30 miles N and W of DC, i think we stay mainly ice and there could be a significant ice accumulation which I described yesterday. For the interior of the Northeast, a very healthy snow dump especialy in places like State College and interior NY. Boston should see about 10 plus inches but even they too will mix with sleet and rain for a while. The problem with this storm was the Arctic High pressure did not move to Southern Canada as was forecasted earlier. That allowed the storm to come further north and bring warm air into the picture. The high pressure is still centered in Central Canada and it can only do so much from there. That is why we are still getting ice and not just rain. This will be a very powerful storm that will cause lots of problems. This should of been a major snowstorm for all the east coast but in this winter...its not meant to snow. There is one last chance for Presidents day Weekeend but after that, we get a pretty impressive warm up and winter will be nearly over. Presidents Day weekend will probably be our last chance for snow this year.

If there are any miraculous changes...i will update again but Ice will be the main form of precipitation from this Massive Winter Storm that had so much potential just a few days ago.