Sunday, January 18, 2009

January Snowfall

After a extremely cold weekend with a Saturday morning low of -1, temperatures have warmed up a bit and some snow fell across Delmarva. If you like a little snow, then you will like the short term forecast. A trough in the jet stream continues to be situated over the northeast and mid-Atlantic. A series of disturbances will rotate around the next over the next 48 hours. Expect cloudy skies with cold temperatures and a chance for some snow showers. The first disturbance came through this evening producing a period of light snow. Temperatures were well above freezing so little if any accumulation occurred in most places. The exception was areas that saw a heavy burst of snow. One of these areas was in Sussex county, DE in Frankford. They received a covering up to 3/4" of snow. Here is a photo taken from our weather watcher Hunter Outten in Frankford.



On Monday, another disturbance will track through the mid-Atlantic bringing another chance at some light snow late Monday afternoon and evening. Not much accumulation is expected but if any heavy bursts develop, expect the potential for a coating to an inch to occur. Temperatures again will be above freezing until the evening.

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