Tuesdays SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK shows NO areas of thunderstorms (Neither Strong or Severe) expected anywhere across the Continental 48 states. Tuesdays NATIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK SUMMARY BY: Forecaster, David Saurer (NSWN, TRAPT, STORMVIEWLIVE) Good morning to everyone. Weather headlines are still wrapping itself around the powerful winter storm system across the Northeast / New England states. Also, we are continuing to see much above normal temperatures soaring across the Central United States. We are still under the gun across the Northeast / New England where a rapidly intensifying storm system is affecting this region with fierce conditions. Most significant impacts thus far has been Coastal New Jersey up to the Canadian Border. WINTER STORM WARNINGS inland in effect along with BLIZZARD WARNINGS continuing for the immediate coastal regions. Exact impact of the storm system is varying greatly by locations, the overall conditions will continue to be furious with moderate to heavy snow along with some powerful gusty winds. Locations across Southeastern New York and Long Island up through New England will continue to deal with the effects of high accumulations. The latest models in the mesoscale sector has seen persistent heavy bands setting up and producing snowfall rates exceeding three inches an hour across Long Island during the early morning hours. However, the bands are getting smaller, yet will still produce some pretty impressive snow rates as the system will continue to ramp up the coastal sections. The current forecast according to the latest up to the minute model trends are showing amounts of 2 feet or more forecast for Eastern Massachusetts and going Northward into the Maine coastal regions. The dangerous areas for todays forecast will lie along the coastal regions where blizzard conditions will make travel nearly impossible and any outdoor activities. Winds forecast to gust between 40 to 70 miles per hour at times. We do expect this storm system to wind down considerably by Wednesday PM as the surface ridge of high pressure will slide in from the West and continue to build across the region. Snowfall accumulations thus far are ranging between 4 up to as much as 16 inches on Long Island as of 4 AM this morning EST. These numbers will be swelling considerably as the storm continues. In other weather headlines on this Tuesday morning, we focus now on the continuation of a persistent downslope flow off the Leeward side of the Eastern Rockies where some well above normal warmth is spreading across the Great Plain States. The forecast for today is showing readings exceeding 25 to almost 40 degrees above normal for this time of the year. We are seeing forecast highs in the Central Plains exceeding the lower to middle 70s. Records have already been set in many locations. 77 in Oklahoma City breaking a record of 71. I expect to see many records continuing to break as this pattern continues. Enjoy the Taste of Late Spring in the region. We are watching the Western United States closely as an upper level low pressure system located in the Subtropical Eastern Pacific flow has become an open wave while lifting into Southern California. This has begun to spread a good range of light to moderate rainfall into the Desert Southwest which is definitely needed moisture with the persistent drought conditions warranting in the region. Expect this precipitation to continue advancing Northward and Eastward into the Central Great Basin and could exceed into the Central Rockies. With the subtropical conditions in place, most of this precipitation should remain in the form of rainfall with the exception of the highest elevations in Wyoming and Western Colorado where snow is in the forecast. Finally, we are watching a very rigorous Arctic boundary digging Southward from Central Canada that is spreading some light to moderate snowfall for the Upper Great Lakes and Upper Midwest with accumulations reaching two to as much as four inches possible through Wednesday Afternoon for this region.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:16:42 +0000
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