Northeast Weather
STORM WATCH: (March 26th - 28th, 2014)
While the calendar may denote the start of the Spring season, Winter is not finished with the region just yet. Early next week, an unusually cold arctic air mass will be moving into the region, bringing with it; the potential for a significant snowstorm. Current international computer model guidance suggests an increasing potential for an intense area of low pressure developing and moving up the eastern seaboard around the Tuesday-Wednesday timeframe. Models such as the CMC allow the trough axis to have a negative tilt, bringing the storm up the coast, and delivering heavy snows up the I-95 corridor. In contrast, models such as the GFS and ECMWF have a more neutral-tilt look to the incoming trough; consequently steering the system too far offshore to deliver any significant impacts to our region. At this time, both solutions are feasible, as it is still too far out to narrow these details down. Given the past nature of such arctic air masses, I will say that areas from North Carolina through Maine need to keep a close eye on this system as it poses a significant threat next Tuesday into Wednesday. Stay tuned for the latest as I will have much more information available over the coming days!