Rex Block retros the Nor'easter
Posted by JAC on 2/26/2010, 7:27 am
| SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 300 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010 VALID 12Z FRI FEB 26 2010 - 12Z SUN FEB 28 2010 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHEAST... A VERY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLAM MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS THE STORM SYSTEM BECOMES BLOCKED BY A LARGE SCALE RIDGE AXIS OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY ALONG AN AXIS FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WHERE STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE NOTED...NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND. HIGH WINDS THROUGHOUT THIS REGION WILL ALSO BE CONTRIBUTING TO BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NOTED CLOSER TO THE COAST ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WHERE MILDER ATLANTIC INFLOW WILL BE SITUATED. THE STORM IMPACT SHOULD THEN GRADUALLY TAPER DOWN BY THE START OF THE WEEKEND AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER BEGINS TO WEAKEN. MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S. WILL ALSO SEE COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG NORTHEAST LOW CENTER HELPING TO PULL AT LEAST SOME MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR SOUTHWARD FROM CENTRAL CANADA.   |
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- Backlash - moisture feed over Maine & Quebec - JAC, 2/26/2010, 8:34 am
- Another Bad Boy for mid to late next week - JAC, 2/26/2010, 7:32 am
- Chances increasing for Snowstorm Lower Mid-Atlantic States - JAC, 2/26/2010, 7:37 am
- Re: Chances increasing for Snowstorm Lower Mid-Atlantic States - martyintampa, 2/27/2010, 10:10 am
- Chances increasing for Snowstorm Lower Mid-Atlantic States - JAC, 2/26/2010, 7:37 am
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