John Matthews
WMAL.com
STERLING, VA — (WMAL) Let’s face it. For snow lovers, this has been the winter of our discontent.
While storms have passed to both our north and south, the DC area has largely been spared from much frozen precipitation, and with spring racing towards us, there is little time left for the kids to have a chance to build a snowman.
That doesn’t mean there’s not a chance.
The approaching nor’easter, set to arrive up the east coast on Wednesday, is all but certain to miss us, though accumulating snow will be as close as Harford County, Maryland, and areas from Philadelphia to the north could actually see several inches to a foot of snow.
For us – the next best opportunity for snow will come Sunday night into Monday. According to the National Weather Service, computer models show a storm system forming in the Plains and heading eastward. For now, the models cannot agree whether the storm will head our way, or track to the south, making for another near miss. Here’s the official word from the Weather Service’s latest area forecast discussion released Tuesday morning:
Sunday and Monday remain highly uncertain. Models show a storm
system organizing over the southern Plains and heading eastward,
but the question is how much the trough to the northeast will
force this system to be suppressed to the south. Latest EC
keeps it well south of the region, while latest GFS continues to
bring a potent storm with significant rain and snow to the
region. GGEM is somewhat in between these two extremes.
Regardless, the late weekend and early part of next week could
be rather wet and wintry, or benign. Its just too early to tell
given the opposing signals.
One signal which remains fairly certain through the long term is
that temperatures will generally remain below normal through the
period… a notable change from our very warm February.
This week, the region passed its average date for the last snowfall of the season. Looks like we’ll need a little help to bring out the shovels one more time. Stay tuned.
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