Thursday, February 12, 2015

How Does Storm Track Impact Snowfall?


Snow in Chicago, IL   (February 1, 2015)




Although record snowfall in cities such as Boston and Chicago have grabbed headlines this winter, the Nation’s Capital and Mid-Atlantic Region at large have seen precious little snowfall.  That’s not to say there hasn’t been sufficient cold air in place at times this winter – such as the coldest weather of the season that’s on tap the next few days – but the storm track just hasn’t coincided with the timing of the cold air outbreaks.  The largest snowfall we’ve seen so far this winter came on January 6 when 2.4” fell at National Airport.  
  
The reason we haven’t seen more appreciable snowfall this winter has been because of a generally unfavorable storm track.  To read more, check out this story I wrote for the WUSA9 website.

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