A Promise of Future Powder?
Improving Opportunity For Accumulating Snow Late Next Week
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| Fluffs of cloud-like snow on a wood grained "sky" Photo by central Maryland reader Jeff Perkins |
6:24 AM 1/14 - If you managed to capture falling fractals Tuesday night (or any other time), we welcome your photos for future posts.
What's interesting to note in the photo is how the snowflakes have a fair amount of fluff and substance, not tiny ice crystals.
What's interesting to note in the photo is how the snowflakes have a fair amount of fluff and substance, not tiny ice crystals.
It's an indication that despite dry air and marginal moisture, the right ingredients assembled in this brief time period to produce a snow type that can clump together, aiding in accumulation.
Photos may be submitted via a post on the Facebook forecast page for central Maryland or by email to team@footsforecast.org.
- TODAY - Sunrise temps in the mid 20s across the area will be cooled by winds of 10 mph at times, but at least highs will climb to the low and mid 40s across the region.
- FRIDAY into SUNDAY - The pattern that can't win for losing looks to score another win for someone else. A cold rain arrives late Friday and continues into Sunday. Some areas of northwest Maryland and central PA could see gloppy wet snow, but us metro dwellers will have to contend with just cold and damp.
- NEXT WEEK - Passage of the weekend system will usher in below normal temperatures once again. An Arctic front arrives on Sunday, bringing very cold conditions for Monday through Thursday. The next best opportunity for accumulating snow in the Mid-Atlantic comes Thursday night 1/21 into Friday 1/22. Updated details on this rising potential will be issued in today's Weekly Insider. To become a subscriber and be in the know before the snow, preview the advantages at our Insider's registry page.
Hope ahead for wintry wonderers. Take note that each passing event has been bringing the long range pattern into closer alignment for a significant coastal event. This may just have to be a case of "good things come to those who can wait."
The FF Winter Stormcast Team
