Due to how finicky our winter weather can be, a storm showing up on a model a week or more out isn’t usually mentioned by local meteorologists. Thursday’s potential storm, however, has had a strong enough signal to be mentioned by most as we move within five days away from the possible snowstorm.
Before we get to quotes from local meteorologists, let’s discuss what everyone is so excited (or worried) about. A storm looks like it’s coming our way late Wednesday into Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) shares that “this particular winter storm is still 4 to 5 days out from now so there remains some uncertainty as to the exact track and exact intensity and which model leans toward the best solution.”
The European and Canadian models are showing a storm that rides up that coastline and dumps heavy amounts of snow on us. The GFS is a little more out to sea and scrapes us with just a little bit of snow for us. Both courses remain possibilities as we see how things shake out and which model “wins” as we come out of this weekend. Now for some quotes from local meteorologists:
• “This will be the biggest storm in years!” was written by popular online meteorologist Justin Berk in the “take away” section of his update on Friday night.
• FOX5’s Mike Thomas wrote that “If this remains consistent throughout the weekend, we’ll be talking some big totals next week.”
• “Friday evening and the long-range computer models continue to insist on a major East Coast #snowstorm Wednesday/Thursday this upcoming week.” -WUSA9’s Jonathan Myers.
• The Capital Weather Gang shared totals from modems that ranged from 3-5 inches to 13-16 inches. That can be seen here.
