Hello everyone!

Quick update this evening as I’m at the USM track for an indoor track meet. I’ll focus this update on the light to moderate snow tomorrow, leaving our Monday blizzard for when I have more time.

Light snow will develop early tomorrow morning for most. Light snow will continue through the day away from the coast where moderate snow will develop in the early afternoon as a coastal front sharpens up just offshore. Temps will rise slowly into the mid 20’s north and the low 30’s south. The precip should remain all snow and it should be of the fluffier nature.

The weak nature of the precip will be a result of the weak nature of the energy aloft. Notice the lack of deep reds/oranges along with only a weak dip in the height lines. This indicates forcing for precip will be limited at best and most of it will come outside the dendritic growth zone in the lower levels. So how much snow should we expect?

Here’s the current forecast. The heaviest amounts will be across the midcoast where a few 5 or 6″ amounts are possible. Most will see 1-3″ with 4-5″ amounts along the coast NE of Portland.

Our next storm will arrive Sunday afternoon and crank away into Monday. An early look at amounts shows 1-2 feet are likely for many with a few midcoast spots possibly eclipsing the 2 foot mark. I’ll refine and explain these amounts tomorrow evening. In addition to the snow, winds will crank up behind the low pressure system resulting in blizzard conditions along the coast. Another storm could bring significant snow to the region again late in the week. Welcome to winter!

-Jack

Hello everyone!

After several days of fairly active and interesting weather, we’ll get a day (and only a day) off today. Skies will be party sunny, temps will be very cold, and winds will keep blowing the snow around but for the first time since Monday and the last time until Tuesday, we won’t be adding to our snowpack. Look for highs in the low single digits above zero north and in the high single digits to low 10s in the south. Winds will be zooming out of the NW towards our developing storm at 30mph this afternoon so the wind chill will make things feel even colder. The winds will also blow around our new fluffy snow resulting in more slick spots and occasional low visibility.

Our next little storm will arrive late tonight into tomorrow and our next potentially big storm will roll in Sunday night.

-Jack