BIG STORM COMING!

FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM:

In many years, some of the worst winter storms have occurred in February. This is an exceedingly stormy month because middle and northern latitudes are very cold, while warmer weather is starting to blossom through the Deep South. The ensuing large temperature gradients provide all the energy necessary for atmospheric monsters capable of dumping excessive amounts of snow. An added advantage along the Eastern Seaboard is that sea surface temperatures reach their lowest levels in February which gives a coastal storm less reason to turn to rain. A few of the great February snowstorms that come to mind are the New England blizzard in 1978, the Presidents Day storm of 1979 and the mid-Atlantic blizzard in 1983. Then, of course, there were the two giants that happened earlier this month.


The storm that is coming will be brewed from the same atmospheric mix. The large temperature gradient between warm air over the ocean and cold air through the interior will provide all the fuel while powerful jet stream winds put the whole thing into motion.


GET READY! The storm coming later this week is going to be a doozy.