Late Week Eastern Storm Threat

The same basic elements that birthed a major storm over the southern Plains atthe end of last week will spawn another in about the same area during themiddle of this week. Right now, it appears that Texas is really going to getsoaked Wednesday. Unlike the last storm, however, any snow or ice across thesouthern Plains will be very limited due to a lack of cold air over theregion.This storm will slide through the Gulf states Thursday then impact the easternpart of the country Friday and Saturday. Here, the system will encounter colderair, and the rain that moves up from the south will turn to snow. Right now,the most likely area for a significant snow accumulation Friday and Saturday isfrom eastern Kentucky across the Virginias into Delaware which is much likewhat happened this past Saturday.

Could this be another big winter storm for the central Atlantic region? Theanswer to that is yes it could, and right about Wednesday we will startproducing detailed snowfall forecasts on the system.