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In this same time period back in 1899 it was extremely cold and
numerous records were broken. The high temperatures over five
consecutive days were record “low highs”. Record lows were
established on three consecutive days.
 So, would you rather have record snow like the past few days or
record cold?

John Collins

Categorized in Uncategorized

Snowflakes and Snow Records

Keep Falling
February 10, 2010 - One Response

One emailer told me he thinks of this storm as a “Snowatomic Bomb”,

and meteorologically he might be right.  The low pressure system 
responsible for the blizzard conditions today was a “meteorological
bomb”, meaning the pressure dropped at least 1 millibar an hour for
24 hours.  Tuesday evening the low was a fairly weak 1005 millibar 
low developing on the coast of South Carolina.  This evening, 24 
hours later, the storm is an intense blizzard with a central pressure
near 976 millibars…a 29 millibar drop in 24 hours!

For Baltimore the storm has set several records:

Snowiest February 10th: 12.9″ (4.0″ on yesterday = two day total of
16.9″)
Snowiest Month: 46.6″
Snowiest Winter: 7 7 . 3″

To put it in perspective, as of today we are 65.2″ above normal

snowfall for the winter. More than 5 feet above normal!  And there 
are weeks to go before the winter is over.
 The storm is forecast to slowly drift out to sea tonight, bringing an
end to the heavy snow. However, strong, gusty winds can be
expected even as the storm is departing, with dangerous wind chills
and considerable blowing and drifting of snow through Thursday.

Tom Tasselmyer

Categorized in Uncategorized

Blizzard…again!
February 10, 2010 - 8 Responses

A blizzard warning has been issued for the entire state of Maryland.  
The center of today’s blizzard is now very close to Cape May, NJ with
 a central pressure near 984 millibars, or 29.07″.  Heavy snow
continues to wrap around the storm into Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and Delaware with isolated thundersnow in the heaviest bands.  Wind
gusts over 40 mph are now being clocked in many areas east of
Baltimore.  The greatest pressure falls are now near Long Island and 
our in-house meso-scale computer model shows the storm pushing
north toward those pressure falls, then rotating back down the coast
of New Jersey before pushing out to sea later tonight.  Expect 10-2 0″
of snow for most areas with blowing and drifting through the night.

Tom Tasselmyer

Categorized in Uncategorized

2009-’10…Baltimore’s
Snowiest Winter
February 10, 2010 - 12 Responses

The climate report from the National Weather Service was just
posted and the word out of BWI-Marshall airport is that 4″ of snow
fell on February 9th, pushing the winter total snowfall to 64.4″,
which makes the winter of 2009-’10 the snowiest winter on record
for Baltimore.  The old record of 62.5″ didn’t last very long; it was set
in the winter of 1995-’96.  Official snow records go back to 1883 
(other weather records date back to 1871, but for some reason
snowfall records begin in 1883), and only three times prior to this
winter was there more than 50″ of snow in a single winter season,
most recently in 2002-’03 when 58.1″ fell.  This year’s record
breaking snowfall is significant in that the record was broken with
more than half of February and all of March still looming for
potential snowstorms.

In fact the snow is still falling tonight and the coastal low appears to
be intensifying as it moves north toward Virginia Beach.  Lightning 
strikes are now showing up over the Atlantic Ocean east of the
Virginia/North Carolina state line.  A general 4-8″ snowfall blanketed
the area Tuesday evening.  Wednesday morning the upper level low 
over Kentucky is forecast to move east, causing the coastal storm to
“bomb” into a powerful nor’easter with additional snow likely to
wrap around the west side of the storm into Maryland.  Expected 
snowfall totals have been cut back a few inches due to the intrusion
of some freezing rain and sleet, but a general 10-1 6″ accumulation is
still expected by Wednesday evening along with strong, gusty
northwest winds from Wednesday afternoon into Thursday.

Check Out Snow Photos Here!

Check Out WBAL Viewer Photos Here!
 Tom Tasselmyer

Categorized in Uncategorized

Bombogenesis
February 9, 2010 - One Response

A meteorological “bomb” is defined as:

bomb—An extratropical surface cyclone with a central pressure

that falls on the average at least 1 mb h−1 for 24 hours.

In other words, a meteorological  bomb is a storm that rapidly 
intensifies for at least 24 hours.  The image above shows the forecast 
position of our latest coastal storm Wednesday around 1pm.  It is 
forecast to undergo “bombogenesis” off the New Jersey coast,
dropping some 32 millibars from 7pm this evening to 7pm
Wednesday.  This should produce heavy snow from central and 
eastern Maryland up the coast to southern New England plus, very
strong winds, perhaps gusting to 50 mph.  So, while total snowfall is 
expected to be about 1/2 of last Saturday’s storm (10-2 0″ this time
compared to 20-4 0″ last weekend), the strong winds will likely
produce quite a bit of blowing and drifting, possibly blizzard
conditions, as the storm is strengthening off the coast Wednesday
afternoon into Thursday.

Tom Tasselmyer

Categorized in Uncategorized

It Is Starting Up
February 9, 2010 - Leave a Response
At mid afternoon there have been some reports of areas of light
snow. None of it appears to be sticking at this stage.
The afternoon satellite image shows the extent of the storm over the
eastern third of the country. Skies have cleared over a portion of the
central Mississippi Valley and you can see snow deposited on the
ground by the storm.

The low track on this storm is expected to take a more northerly

course once over the Atlantic than the weekend storm. This will
generate a different snow accumulation pattern than the last storm.

One National Weather Service high resolution computer model

shows the heaviest snows are expected to fall just north of the
Baltimore area, reaching toward northern New Jersey. This model
targets some areas of southeast Pennsylvania and extreme northern
Maryland for close to 20 inches of snow.

A model we use in the weather office shows a similar pattern for snow
accumulation. There appears to be a trend to forecast a rapid drop
off in snow accumulation from the immediate Baltimore area
southward. In round numbers, this storm will probably produce
about one half of the snow that fell in the last storm. By any measure
though, that is a lot of snow for one event. The intensification of the
storm over the Atlantic will also generate windy conditions, adding
to the complications this storm will bring to the area.
 Tom, Tony and Sandra will have the latest forecast numbers tonight
and tomorrow morning when the heaviest is expected to fall. Also
check out updates on wbaltv.com.

John Collins

Categorized in Uncategorized

More Heavy Snow On The Way
February 9, 2010 - 2 Responses

The morning weather map showed another double-barreled storm

headed this way.  Low pressure near Kansas City and another on the 
gulf coast near New Orleans will phase into one powerful coastal
storm east of Norfolk, VA by Wednesday morning.  The end result 
will be more heavy snow for the Baltimore area.  Computer models 
are cranking out another 1.3″ to 1.5″ liquid precipitation, which
should result in 12-2 0″ of snow across the area, with the heaviest
amounts north and west of Baltimore.  And, once again, conditions 
look favorable for some thundersnow as the upper level low pressure
 system crosses the area, especially between 7am and 1pm on
Wednesday.  Stay tuned for updates as the storm approaches.

Tom Tasselmyer

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