It's been nearly five weeks between widespread plowable snows in Southern New England, but that streak may come to an end this weekend.
A rather impressive storm is likely to develop over the Mid-Atlantic states on Friday. This storm should track far enough north to bring some snow to Southern New England. Of course, at this point, the question is how much snow will we see?
Keeping in mind that that it's only Tuesday, my initial thoughts are for a moderate snowstorm, which will most likely be plowable. It appears that the storm is going to track far enough north to bring snow Friday night through Saturday. There should be enough cold air around to allow for all snow, provided the storm does not track significantly farther north than currently projected.
The storm is coming on the 32nd anniversary of the Blizzard of '78. i don't think this one has anywhere near the potential of that storm, but it could be our biggest snowfall since the near-blizzard in December '09.
Snowy Winter in the Mid-Atlantic
TF Green Airport has seen 26" of snow this season - about 5.5" more snow than normal. In Washington, D.C., the total has also been about 26", but there it has been a very snowy winter. Everything is relative to normal, and 26" in Washington, D.C. is almost twice what they would normally see (15") in an entire winter season.
Amazingly, the snow will continue to pile up in the Nation's Capital this week. The storm that is going to bring us light snow or flurries Wednesday morning, should bring a plowable snow to D.C.. Moreover, the storm later in the week is likely to bring another plowable, and possibly heavy, snow.
In this pattern, it's possible Washington, D.C. will end the season with three times their normal amount of snow.
-Fred