February 8, 2024 Bomb Cyclone
Powerful Nor'easter more likely early next week
Weather Trader | Thursday Afternoon Update
Bomb’s away!
We are within the window of time to be fairly certain of a “bomb cyclone” developing in the lee of the Rockies, slowing intensifying until reaching the East Coast, and then explosively deepening off the coast. The storm will have enough cold air on mid-February to develop narrow snow bands that could be quite significant in North Texas and Oklahoma.
The track of the low will determine if/where and how much snowfall is expected from Texas to New England (obviously) but there is plenty of moisture and enough cold air to produce significant accumulations, at least at night.
Zoomed in view of the HRES snowfall. This has been moving north/south for the past 2 days of forecasts. Maximum of 12-17” away from the coast with 3”-5” in NYC and 9”-12” in Boston.
Quick look at the GraphCast-ECMWF A.I. (non-commercial/experimental) as a cursory check on the ECMWF’s accuracy. A.I. seems to match up closely at Day 5, which is a good sign since the forecast skill is > 92-95% as of late.
Tuesday morning:
Tuesday afternoon
Looking at Sunday across North Texas = heavy snowfall!
And the resulting snowfall through late Sunday could be significant accumulations from Lubbock to OKC.
Lower 48 Temperatures
Friday Lows | February 9, 2024
In the 40s and 50s up into Indianapolis for morning lows on Friday.
Friday Highs | February 9, 2024
Wow! Look at the heat wave into Michigan well into the 60s. 70s for almost 60 Million Americans on February 9th. There will be no complaints registered to this meteorologist.
Next 14-days Daily Temperature Anomaly
Not seeing any major blobs of brutal Arctic air for the next 2-weeks even if below normal temperatures pop up for a few days. Running out of winter fast.
7-day Total Precipitation from WPC
Moisture ahead of the “bomb cyclone” will keep the Southeast warm and wet over the next few days. California finally gets a dry spell for the next week.
15-day Snowfall ECMWF EPS Median Accumulation
Since there’s little rainfall/snowfall on the WPC map through Day 7 across the West, you can surmise that heavy snowfall will again come back to California in Week 2 and the entire Western U.S. as we go back to a familiar weather pattern: blocking ridge over Canada and troughs along the coasts.
(Maps from weathermodels.com and weathertrader.com)
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