One of them Days

This week will be going out with a bang.  There are currently 22 states that have at least one county under a winter storm warning including a line that stretches from central Kansas to Maine.  Snow levels in California are down to one thousand feet.  Seven states are under tornado watches, with spotty tornado warnings and flash flood warnings in and amongst this group.  But hey, it's a big country and you have to expect things like this.

Then there is Pennsylvania.  The seemingly small state compared to the rest of the country will see the ultimate wild weather.  Erie is under a winter storm warning for 7-10 inches of snow.  Pittsburgh is under a flood watch and flood advisory.  Bradford has a winter storm watch for at least 6 inches of a wintry mix.  Philadelphia is under a high wind warning and flood watch.  All in all the state has six different advisories at this time.  For comparison, Texas and California as of this writing combined have five. 

As far as our area is concerned, we are under the wind and flood advisories.  Tomorrow is going to be a far cry from last Friday.  Remember it?  It was sunny and around 70.  Ringing a bell?  Obviously tomorrow will be a bit different.  One to two inches of rain is likely with sustained winds at 30 mph with gusts over 50.  Thankfully the snow has melted and will not cause increased flooding.  If you miss the snow, don't worry.

Saturday night just might bring some of the white stuff back before it is washed away by another heavy rain maker Monday into Tuesday.  Things will quiet down by mid week but next weekend looks to be the next chance for another soaker that could dominate the whole weekend.  And you know what, the GFS has a massive storm on March 9th tracking up the coast that dare I say, would be a snowstorm.

  Here is the March 9th storm.  Remember dark blue line is the 32 degree line. 

I only post the image above to show that I'm not making this up.  Clearly this will change and if you are hoping for a storm, I'd be crossing those finger pretty tight for the next two weeks because this won't happen.  I personally just get excited easily.  

If you have a memory of the last month or two of the pattern where it seemed like we were getting some type of wintry weather every few days, that's what the next couple weeks are going to be like except with rain.  There are some hefty storms rolling through on the models that will keep things wet and windy.