You are receiving this message because my forecast team feels it is
imperative for you to be aware that another round of high impact winter
weather is slated to occur from Friday into Sunday across the I-95
corridor.
This event is likely to equal or exceed that of the December 19, 2009
storm and may resemble the March 18-22, 1958 storm in terms of duration
and snowfall. In that event, areas of Baltimore County received 4 feet
of snow.
What you will read below will not be released publicly until Tuesday or
perhaps Wednesday, and may contain some changes, but we are confident of
our investigation thus far.
Our pre-public statement:
The Foot's Forecast team in Baltimore, MD expects an historic snow event
to occur during the weekend of February 5-6-7. Snow is likely to begin
Friday and extend into Sunday.
Amounts across the eastern Mid-Atlantic may approach 24" by Saturday
evening. Areas of elevation will see enhanced snowfall that may approach
or exceed 30". Several computer models already project nearly 2.0 inches
of liquid equivalent for this storm, which at a basic 12:1 snow to water
ratio would easily produce 2 feet or more.
This would shut down most roads and interstates and result in states of
emergency from Virginia northward to Massachusetts for several days.
Meteorologists at the federal level
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http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/pmdepd.html> have been
releasing statements on this potential since Sunday afternoon, the text
of which can be found at HPC, NOAA's Hydrometeorological Prediction
Center. Our information does not constitute an official statement nor do
we claim to represent the National Weather Service. However, the NOAA
agencies which serve the NWS have already made clear their belief this
will be a high impact event for the I-95 corridor
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http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.gif>.
We believe that educators, administrators and county officials need to
be closely monitoring this potential as it will have a high impact on
the school system for a long period of time following the storm.
For additional details, visit
http://www.footsforecast.org for further
information.
