The Active Weather Pattern Continues...Blizzard in Midwest!
The weather pattern has been typically active so far this month with strong storms that have produced flooding and blizzards in the upper Midwest. The storm that produced blizzard conditions in the upper Midwest on April 4-5th will race east producing rain and gusty winds on Monday and Tuesday (April 6-7th) in the Northeast. Behind this storm there will be cold air advection across the Northeast on Wednesday and Thursday. There could be some wet snowflakes across upstate New York in the wake of this storm Tuesday night! The NAM model (see graphic below) indicates strong cold air advection all the way down to the Gulf Coast for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Another storm is producing blizzard conditions for the upper Midwest on April 4-5th. The forecast from the National Weather Service office in Nebraska issued the message below on Saturday, April4th:
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND IS LIKELY OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY IT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE SANDHILLS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN ADDITION TO SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND FIVE INCHES IN PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TO MORE THAN FIFTEEN INCHES IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...STRONG NORTH WIND 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DEEP SNOW DRIFTS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
George Wright, Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. View our web site at WrightWeather.com.
Another storm is producing blizzard conditions for the upper Midwest on April 4-5th. The forecast from the National Weather Service office in Nebraska issued the message below on Saturday, April4th:
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND IS LIKELY OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY IT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE SANDHILLS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN ADDITION TO SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND FIVE INCHES IN PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TO MORE THAN FIFTEEN INCHES IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...STRONG NORTH WIND 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DEEP SNOW DRIFTS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
George Wright, Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. View our web site at WrightWeather.com.
posted by GW at 4/04/2009 08:33:00 PM
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