Saturday, December 26, 2009

Dec. 29th Clipper Forecast

*A solid advisory-level snow event north of the Mass. Pike in New England Tuesday night/Little for the Mid Atlantic*

A clipper coming down from Canada will enter the northeast Tuesday night, bringing with it some plowable snow for a good chunk of New England. Usually, clippers are moisture starved and generally produce snow in the 1-3'' range. However, that's not quite the case with this one. As it reaches New England, it's going to intensify (not a Miller B as no secondary is formed). Because of this, it should be able to throw down some decent QPF amounts in central and northern New England. I'm expecting snow for the interior, though areas closer to the coast will probably mix as temps in the BL are relatively marginal.

No map yet, but I'm thinking 1-2'' south of the Pike, 2-5''+ north (some areas may see a spot 6'' amount), and 1-2'' in far Northern New England and northern Maine. Mixing and rain near the coasts.

A larger storm is looming after New Years day (so your New Years Eve plans should be fine), and the potential is there for it to be quite a storm...however, it's a week or so away, and obviously there are a lot of things that could go wrong at this point. More on that as we get closer...

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