Tracking East Coast Blizzard - A Look At the Forecast Ahead Locally!

Good evening! The main weather story continues to be the raging blizzard (Winter Storm Nemo) that has basically shut down the northeast U.S! This area basically had a NO winter last year, and boy they are making up fast! Check out all that snow on live radar..

Here's the deal. Wind gusting near 60 mph in Boston, thunder, lightning, to go along with near 3 feet of snow by time the storm moves out. Boston is likely to see 2-4" an HOUR for most of the night! The entire state of Massachusetts is under a NO TRAVEL ban. Some areas here at 9pm in Connecticut and Rhode Island already over a foot, and the snow just started this afternoon. New York City is also being slammed too, with perhaps up to 10" down in the city by tomorrow, but compared to what Boston is getting, New York dodges a bullet. This is quite the storm to say the least! The images below are from Accuweather...

Now to the weather locally. Tomorrow looks like a nice February day, with temperatures slightly above normal in the low 40's, along with a nice, sunny sky. A great day to do just about anything outdoors. 

Our next storm system to impact Indiana moves in for the second half of the weekend. The low pressure tracks well northwest of us, placing the entire area in the warm sector, meaning a south wind, warming temps, and rain/thunder likely by Sunday afternoon, and continuing through the night. As of now, .50-.75" area-wide looks like a good forecast. Here is how the GFS model handles this system...

After that, it looks like a more wintry pattern sets back in. Temperatures most of next week will be close to normal, but a bigger cold push of air looks possible at some point around the end of next week, and the colder weather pattern may hold through the second half of February. The GFS wants to bring some light snow as close as southern Indiana for Wednesday of next week, but the EURO model disagrees. Just have to keep an eye on model trends over the next few days. Will we have more snow chances with the colder air for the middle/end of the month? It looks like an active storm track is developing across the south during this time, which could put our area in an interesting spot for the potential of snow makers. We will have to wait until we get there for the details, but looking more favorable for SNOW lovers out there. :) 

Thanks for reading my blog! Hope everyone has a great weekend. God bless!