Severe Winter Storm possible early next week

Well, the clipper that could....did...and we got 1-3 inches I called for. The Cold Wave is probably the most talked about story in the news right now besides the nutty Nasa Astronaut. Next week, Snow could steal the headlines. So lets get on with it.

There is the potential next week for a Winter Storm to drop historic amounts of snow on us early next week. Amounts could be in the 10-15 inch range in what could be a paralyzing snowstorm for the Southeast and Mid Atlantic. The model support is high. Now with that being said...its still 6 days out and plenty can go wrong. The main fear I have of not getting the storm is that the storm track currently modeled changes and gets suppressed due to the push of the arctic high being so strong that it keeps the main bulk of precip to the south. I am not really worried about cold air not being in place as the models shows a Classic High pressure in Southern Canada that will supply us with fresh cold air as the storm cranks. The arctic high pressure is essential and is present in almost 95% of all memorable snowstorms. The subtropical Jet stream should provide plenty of moisture as it attacks the cold air.

Right now, the models have the DC metro area being the bulls eye which is very scary 6 days out. So again, this is a major threat right now but again...you have no idea how much has to come together to get a storm like Im describing. There could be additional winter storms in the next 10 days but we will worry about that later. Right now, if your north of Allentown up to New England, there is doubt about how far north the snow can go.

If things pan out, this could be called the Valentines Day Blizzard of 2007