Friday January 28 2022
Noon Update
This is the trend many were writing me about. I held the window open for my First Call For Snowfall to be increased. If you have read my updates or saw elsewhere, new data has supported this major winter storm to track closer to the coast. That little shift makes a big difference for our region on the edge of it.
In my last report I showed the Blizzard Warning EXPANDED to Salisbury, Lower Eastern Shore of MD and Sussex County in Delaware. Now (as expected) The National Weather Service has expanded the Winter Weather Advisory farther west into central Maryland and just west of Baltimore and Washington.
Winter Weather Advisory EXPANDED to include:
Blizzard Warning has already been EXPANDED to include:
Carroll/Frederick/Washington and Southern PA
Model Snow Maps Below
12 PM Fri to 12 PM Sat
Radar AND Temperatures
The impact region-wide will be late evening to early morning. So this midnight time frame supports who will be in on the accumulating snow.
Cold enough for full sticks, even with blowing snow over treated areas.
At 7 AM Saturday, most of our region will ‘FEEL LIKE’ near or below ZERO!
7 PM FRI to 7 PM Sat
Increasing at the end of the storm through most of Saturday AFTER the storm move away.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING!
It is possible for SNOW DRIFTS in on Delmarva near the coast to be 2 to 3 Feet!
Wind Forecast NAM 3 Km
This is one of many model to consider for snow totals.
The beaches in the blizzard zone could earlier reach 1 Foot, but it will be blowing and drifting a lot. Drifts up to 2 or 3 feet are very plausible.
Farther west, the main boost is the 2 to 4 inches for metro Baltimore and Washington.
I will be upping my map shortly. This is criteria for the Winter Weather Advisory from NWS to be expanded west. I will let you know when they make that call.
This is what I shared in my first morning report.
Obviously these are MUCH HIGHER for the beaches.
Regardless, it will be hard to measure with the blowing and drifting.
Stay tuned…
Working on my new snow map now. I will issue that around noon.
Faith in the Flakes!
*Disclaimer due to frequent questions:
I am aware there are some spelling and grammar typos. I have made a few public statements over the years, but if you are new here you may have missed it:
I have dyslexia, and found out at my second year at Cornell. I didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree, and being first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region.
I do miss my mistakes in my own proofreading. The autocorrect spell check on my computer sometimes does an injustice to make it worse.
All of the maps and information are accurate. The ‘wordy’ stuff can get sticky.
There is no editor that can check my work when I need it and have it ready to send out in a newsworthy timeline.
I accept this and perhaps proves what you read is really from me…
It’s part of my charm.
#FITF
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