5 Day Forecast

Thursday: High 41 Low 32 Few Showers
Friday: High 39 Low 27 Cloudy/Breezy
Saturday: High 33 Low 18 Partly Cloudy/Windy
Sunday: High 31 Low 15 Partly Cloudy/Windy
Monday: High 32 Low 17 Partly Cloudy/Windy

Storm At The End of Next Week

The GFS has put the snowstorm for the 8th and 9th back on the models. If the storm does occur it should be an all snow event as the temperatures will be plenty cold for snow. Temperatures on the 8th and 9th should be in the low 30s as highs and upper teens as nighttime lows. So stay tuned as this date gets closer to see if the models keep the storm.

5 Day Forecast for the Delmarva

Wednesday: High 37 Low 26 P.M. Rain/Snow
Thursday: High 42 Low 36 Rain/Snow Showers
Friday: High 37 Low 24 Flurries
Saturday: High 34 Low 18 Partly Cloudy/Breezy
Sunday: High 33 Low 20 Breezy

NOGAPS HAS A SNOWSTORM FOR THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL MID-ATLANTIC

Yes you have read write the newest ensemble of the NOGAPS now shows a moderate strength snowstorm for the Delmarva, New Jersey Coast, Long Island, and New England. This model at this point in time is the only model pointing to this scenario. The NOGAPS shows the Delmarva receiving near 6 inches of snow and windy conditions. With no other model agreeing with this scenario you can not trust the model at this point. I will watch other models throughout the week to see if they go to the solution. At this oint though the only thing the models are agreeing on is it is going to stay cold and possibly get cold. So stay tuned as this storm gets closer to see more on this possible Coastal snowstorm.

U.S. Weather

NORTHEAST
A dry cold front coming through the Northeast is bringing Arctic air to the region. With this Arctic air very windy conditions have brought wind chill values down to the single digits and negative degrees in the Northern Northeast and wind chill values in the teens in the Mid-Atlantic. This is making it feel bitter cold. So wear many layers today. The temperatures will warm up tomorrow by near 5-10 degrees. Also the lake effect snow that is falling today will stop overnight.

SOUTH
The Southeast is receiving clear conditions with chilly temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Florida though is the only area that is warmer than that where the temperatures are in the 70s and 80s. The South Central U.S. though is being impacted by a storm system that will continue to track towards the Northeast by Thursday. This storm today is bringing rain to southern and eastern Texas and snow to northern and western Texas. This precipitation should remain light and it should move out overnight and move to the Southeast tomorrow. In the Southwest scattered snow and rain showers are around in the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona.

NORTHWEST
A moderate strength storm system is moving into Northern California and Oregon today. This storm system is bringing mountain snow and valley rains. Over the next couple of days this storm should move out and clear out the Northwest. This time of quietness will be short lived as another storm system should impact the Northwest later this week.

CENTRAL PLAINS
Most areas in the Plains today is clear and sunny. There is though some scattered areas of snow showers. Also in southern Oklahoma rain from the storm system in Texas is falling. This is one of the only areas in the Plains that is not cold enough to snow.

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Wind Advisory

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
TUESDAY.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS MIGHT EVEN KNOCK
DOWN SOME TREES DUE TO THE WET GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS.

ALSO, TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT
IN WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO IN THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY. FARTHER SOUTH, WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. IF YOU PLAN ON VENTURING OUTSIDE ON TUESDAY, BE
SURE TO BUNDLE UP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


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