Cold Air Looks to Stick Around; Now We Need a Storm

Cold weather looks like it is finally here to stay. We should stay well below normal from now through at the least mid-December. That being said, the weather pattern looks to be changing as well. Storms will start to gain moisture and head up the coast. When you put 2 and 2 together, our future looks bright for snow. We may see some minor snow this week, but nothing to fret about. I do not know when the snow will come, but the point is it's going to be very cold and any moisture will be snow in the early December time period. There is quite a large snowstorm showing up on the GFS model for Wednesday night (12/3) through Thursday (12/4). As of now the 5400 line or rain/snow line extends all the way down into southern Texas into Mexico and even into Louisiana. That is VERY COLD AIR!!! This does not mean that this will hold true, but there should be cold air. If you ask for snow amounts right now I'd call you crazy, but there are ways it can be done using some simple math. If the models were to be 100% correct currently, than the storm would drop somewhere between 8.2-11.475" of snow.
234-(15) .05-.101(15) @ 24 degrees F = 3/4 inch or 1 inch 240-(10) .175-0.25 (10) @ 32 degrees F=1.75-2.5" 252-(10) .375-.5 (10) @ 32 degrees F=3.75-5" 264-(17) 0.1-0.175 (17) @ 20 degrees F=1.7-2.975"Total snow amount is 8.2-11.475" of snow Wednesday December 3rd through Thursday December 4th. DO NOT GO BY THIS AMOUNT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT WILL CHANGE! Stay updated @ www.MarylandWx.net