Winter Storm #1 #2 and #3 .. March Ushers in Winter Storms and Arctic Air is Taking a Winter Vacation Down South So Button Up and Stay Warm! Who Gets Snow? Who Knows .. A Week of Winter Weather

This is a short term loop of this coming winter storm.

Watch it move East and across the US.

Snow to the North.

Rain to the South.

It doesn't really tell the whole story.

But it's a good guide to who gets what.

Today there's across the far North of the US...

Over the Next 5 days a good half of the US gets snow.

This is a large system affecting a large area.

And though everyone loves to focus on the snow...

...this is really not about the snow but the cold.

Extreme Arctic Cold moving South.

Snow is the biggest "click bait" in social media.

Write a forecast for "snow" and everyone peaks.

Even if the chance of snow is a sliver of a chance.

As in you not a chance but you can keep wishing.

Unless you live in Minnesota you are wishing it would stop!

It's raining as I type this and I mean pouring.

Heavy summer like rain in Raleigh.

But it's freezing cold and dark gray outside.

Ominous in ways.

Weather is locational.

Tell me your location I'll tell you your weather.

In Florida we stop watching hurricanes when...

...they head up for the Outer Banks.

If a hurricane heads for the GOM...

..people in Florida watch the next wave.

Ohio is in it.

Logical as it's a place that winter favors.

Ice could be a problem in many places.

The NE is expecting snow, ice and rain.

Travel is going to be affected.

Note that the NE and Rockies have snow.

And pretty much everything in between.

But the South will have severe storms.

Damaging winds and tornadoes.

Did I say tornadoes?

Already have tornado warnings in Florida.

One of my favorite places St. Marys Georgia...

...south through Jax is under a stormy warnings.

And DaBuh is watching the ocean.

Because he's always watching the surf...

...and the weather.

He's like Neptune's Guardian Weather Man :)

Neptune Beach?

Allan in NY covers NY weather.

NY and areas near NY.

Ever see that map of how New Yorkers see the USA?

It's mostly NYC ;)

But we all love NYC right? 

Well I do...

Note he talks about Storm #2 and Storm #3

Isn't March coming in like a Lion?

In truth the REAL STORY is the COLD.

It's always good to follow friends who go wide.

Friends who follow the whole storm system.

Where is that air coming from???

Arctic Cold.

The North Pole.

Diving South for a Winter Vacation!

One of my all time favorite people is Larry Cosgrove.

We go way back.

Note he doesn't promise high snow totals.

He takes it apart area by area.

Day by day. 

Region by region.

Note #3...

"it will get very cold over the Eastern 2/3 of the nation"

This is the story friends....

Snow is nice.

If you wanna drive to snow or fly to snow.. 

...go for it.

But life threatening cold is moving down into the US.

Hope you didn't give your winter coat to Good Will!

If you want to read a great blog.

A long, long, long read ;)

Cranky is great.

Like a

Weather Novel :)

Love reading his thoughts.

He lays it out.

He sets the stage.

He goes long in discussion.

That's because the devil IS in the details.

And what slams into NYC doesn't start in NYC!

http://www.stormhamster.com/entry2/e030119.htm

Cranky watches the storms like Larry Cosgrove as they move into the Pacific and then move across the country and sometimes he even keeps watching them as they exit the coastline and sail across the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. If you want to know what is going to happen in NJ you might want to start watching the storms as to what they do out West... way out West. What's great about Cranky is he may go out on a limb or make fun of the model circus but he owns up to his past history of Tweets and Blogs. He often (as he did today) goes back to review what he and others have said and then takes a stab at "this is where we are today" (my words) and as he so often says he often and reviews what happens and revises the forecast some and that is indeed all you can do with winter storms as winter storms form in real time. Just like that snowflake on your phone on your app it's there one day and gone tomorrow and then sometimes it snows and it's not even in the forecast. It's weather. It's why we love following it and why are are intrigued by it and why we stay up in the middle of the night to get the new model run and to see what the NHC says when they update the advisory even though we know they rarely say anything different at 2 AM. 

As for me I'm watching the rain and hoping tomorrow it will be pleasant enough to go to Temple and seeing friends and hoping Sunday it doesn't rain all day and then I am going to hunker down for the really cold weather Wednesday and Thursday when it goes down into the low 20s. The house smells incredible as I made a turkey breast with small baby potatoes and carrots and I'm about to steam or roast asparagus and I made Split Pea Soup with turkey bones because it feels more like winter than it does Spring. I made a Fake Crab Loaf from Salmon and a very special, secret recipe that includes crushed Crab flavored Potato Chips from UTZ and trust me those chips have about as much real crab as I am getting snow. Artificial crab flavoring, artificial grape flavoring... we live in an artificial world in ways yet so far no one has learned how to make fake, artificial snow but if they could... they could rule the world.

That's it for me. Have a wonderful weekend and I'll update on Sunday if there is much to write about or if I have time to write and until then keep watching all the usual people you follow and I follow and they follow or just binge watch some show on Netflix under the cover if it's too cold to go outside. 

Besos BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.

Ps... I talk often on Virga and how snow shows up on the radar and you get excited and there's a snowflake on your phone weather app but nada, nothing is falling from the sky. The weather person on the TV explains how the layers of the atmosphere are very dry and it snowing up there somewhere but well it's ain't makin it down to the ground :(

Great video of virga ... of snow falling and captured on video and note ... the sky is snow free at the ground's surface. Reed Timmer is awesome. He gets the great shots and video always. And generally if you want to see snow and it's nearby and you've got mountains you need to go up to the snow...   The mountains get snow, the Piedmont gets a chance of snow and the coast rarely sees snow. There are always exceptions to that rule... keep on watching the weather.

Snow falling but evaporating before hitting the ground at 7000’ west of Denver CO creating an interesting sunrise. Now it is snowing lightly. Heading west to intercept heavier snow in the mountains @breakingweather @accuweather pic.twitter.com/hO979tCtax

— Reed Timmer (@ReedTimmerAccu) March 1, 2019