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WINTER FORECAST 09-10 FINAL CALL
by Craig McPeck | Issued 11/15/09
Hello everyone and welcome to the last and final Snow-Day.org winter forecast. Months of planning and issuing winter forecast went into this and we have made some major changes to the following maps; snowfall, temps and precipitation maps. I hope you all enjoy for this winter will be a winter of extremes, both mild and cold.
The temperatures for the Winter of 2009-2010 will be very extremel. Not one area will be a solid above average or below average the entire winter. Lets break this down month my month. Tmeps overall expected to average out below average in the desert Southwest through the southeastern states and through portions of the Mid Atlantic States. This is where the most precipitation should fall this winter, thus keeping them in below average temperature territory. Above average temperatures will exist over portions of the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and portions of the Northeast, where the storm track will be well south of them this winter. December should be the coldest month in portions of the Great Plains, Ohio Valley and portions of the West Coast. Then transition further south through January and February as the storm track shifts further south. Late winter, March through early April will bring more colder then average temps in the Great Plains and West coast yet again with the return of the storm track further north. Most of Florida will be in normal temperatures.
The Winter of 2009-2010 will prove to be a VERY wet winter over much of the Eastern Seaboard as well as portions of the west coast and portions of the Central and Southern Plains. MUCH above average precipitation will exist over the Ohio Valley, Southern Plains and from Kansas to Colorado on southward. Above average precipitation will exist over the East Coast, and portions of the desert Southwest states.The central plains should see there wettest periods in December and the end of the winter, March-early April in the areas of the Early/Late text above. This will be an extremely wet winter. FLorida will experience normal precipitation.
This will be a winter to remember for above average snowfall. Above average snowfall will exist from the Colorado Rockies eastward through portions of the Southerns Plains and Southeastern states northeastward through the extreme East Coast. Combined with below average temperatures and a southern jet stream, above average snowfall will exist there. Now, for the early and late areas in Nebraska, Iowa and portions of Colorado. The storm track will be shifted a bit further north early and late winter, Both December and early January and March and early April. Also, much of that area has also received quite a bit of snow in October, contributing to the above average snowfall up in that region. Below average snowfall will exist over portions of the Upper Midwest in the orange color.
And now to the Ice Storm threat for the Winter 2009-2010. Combined
with below average temperatures over much of the Southeastern States
and Ohio Valley and Mid Atlantic, and warm moist air streaming north
from the Gulf of Mexico. Several Overrunning events will be likely and
SIGNIFICANT and possible DAMAGING Ice Storms will be likely over the
highlighted area above from Texas through near Boston. The recent
pattern this October has been exhibiting overrunning precipitation
events and when combined with below average temperatures, this will
make for a very dangerous situation. I would stock up on ice scrapers,
salt and sand, non perishable foods and a generator as i see many
locals in the area above experiencing some major ice storms this
winter and possibly being stuck without power for many days.