This has been one of the most difficult storms to forecast that I can remember. As meteorologists, I think this serves as a reminder that even in this age of advanced technology: powerful computers, advanced radar - the atmospheric system is incredibly complex. Sometimes these kinds of weather patterns are going to occur and there isn't a hell of a lot we can do but make a good guess.
Forecasts are still all over the place but just as I was typing this, the National Weather Service dropped the Winter Storm Warning for the immediate DC area and reduced our snow forecast to around an inch. Further east there's still a chance for more significant snow but the real show will be from Philadelphia northward along I-95 to Boston and beyond. Up in New England they will have the chance for more than a foot.
Here - some light snow I think. Short-term models haven't given up on the idea of some snow falling but it doesn't look like it will amount to much.
What a crazy ride it's been with this storm.
Potential explanation for why La Nina is not having the same effect in the east this year?
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