Had teens in later February 2011 and 2018 and I’m sure there were others. Too early to tell. Everyone is always in a rush to proclaim something as over and that they are right, these days.
Is there a spooky Friday the 13th storm brewing up down in the Deep South??? #TexarkanaCutter that leads into Valentine's Day weekend??? But first, our friends up north in the Northland look to get hit in what will be a lead wave/system that pumps up a brief warm up for most on here except the northern tier. To close for @hawkstwelve but just close enough to hit @jaster220 @Madtown land and our Minny peeps as they should blessed with White Gold early next week from a lead wave along the periphery of the retreating Arctic Air.
Here comes the 1-2 Punch as Back- 2- Back storms are starting to show up and don't sit back on the later one as this has Big Dog written all over it. This one excites me bc it has the potential to really tap into the Gulf of America moisture and "Dig Baby Dig" into the Deep South late next week into the weekend. We have seen this pattern before many times in the Autumn as the lead storm drags down a CF/Frontal Boundary and while it is not terribly cold, it will IMO, be just cold enough to produce snow in the heartland and Lakes. The strong ULL storm has been an exhibit of this LRC as it dives south from the Gulf of Alaska and slides down the west coast into the 4 corners.
The GFS/EURO are all over it and it will be our next Major system to track. My Super bowl storm prediction isn't panning out to be a formidable one, but it is spinning down here just to my south and will eventually marry into another trough that will replace it by this weekend and stall out right over the Baja Region and eventually bless Texas @Andiewith much needed rain. BTW, I see you Tropical Storms in the later summer months hitting this area into BAJA/N Mexico/4 corners.
00z Euro from last night is showing this Upper Level pattern pattern quite nicely...
06z GEFS...let's not sleep on this one for KC and the I-80 corridor and "Share the Wealth" into the Lakes...
Coming straight down at a nice clip here in Grayling. This has chance to over-perform like the last clipper did imo. Won't know for about a day ofc.
GRR's map has 2" total for both waves and I think we'll be closer to 3" in Harrison.
Today, across multiple sites in Chester County will be the 13th consecutive day with below freezing temperatures. This is already the 3rd longest streak since 1893. These locations should establish a new prolonged cold record on Monday which will be the 17th day. Also, today will be the 20th consecutive day with continuous snow cover. This is the 22nd longest stretch with snow cover since 1893 and our longest streak since the 32 days from January 31, 2021 through March 3, 2021. Our greatest stretch was the 61 days back in 1978 from January 12th through March 13th. We continue with well below normal temperatures through early next week. An arctic cold front crosses the area overnight Friday into Saturday morning likely to bring potentially brief heavy snow squalls with an inch or two of snow possible in spots with briefly poor visibility and driving conditions. Highs for Saturday will occur just before dawn with temperatures then crash into the single digits during the day with wind chills in the minus teens below zero. What a memorable winter this has already been and we still have more than 6 weeks to go!