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Will snow be making a comeback in the Northeast next week?
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2/7/2024
A storm system could bring snow to the Northeast early next week-or it could go out to sea over the Southeast. AccuWeather's Bernie Rayno explains.
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Well, snow could be returning in the forecast for the Northeast as we head into next week.
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So let's send it over to Bernie Rayno who's got a look ahead.
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Bernie.
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You know, while there's no sign of winter right now, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, watch
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out early next week.
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Some ingredients coming together for the potential for some snow.
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Now, let's talk about where the storm is that may produce this snow.
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There it is.
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This is Alaska.
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Here's Anchorage.
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So you're talking about the Southwest Aleutian Islands here.
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That's where the energy is.
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Now let's track it.
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We've got plenty of time to track this system.
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It's going to be moving north across Alaska, then come across British Columbia, and then
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by Friday, where is it?
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Across the Northwest.
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A lot of energy with this.
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You can see that, the yellow and orange shading.
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Now watch what happens.
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This continues around the bend, and then it sets up a very interesting weather pattern
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as we get into Sunday evening.
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It's what we call a split flow.
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What's a split flow?
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Two branches of the jet stream.
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A northern branch and a southern branch.
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Now this is how this is going to work.
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The northern branch, well the southern branch is the storm.
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That's where you have all the moisture.
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So this is where you have the storm.
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The northern branch is going to do two things.
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It's going to deliver cold air on the northern side of the storm, because remember, we don't
01:11
have any.
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And it's also going to steer this storm.
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Now, if this northern branch of the jet stream moves as quick or quicker than the southern
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branch, it'll drive the storm out to sea.
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It'll keep it off to the south.
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There will be no snow with it.
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Now, if this southern branch of energy moves out ahead of the northern branch, then it
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gets guided to the northeast.
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And then you're talking about the possibility of snow.
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So again, this is what we're watching for early next week, Monday into Tuesday.
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Again, that northern branch, if it says moving as fast or faster than the actual storm, then
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it gets driven into the south and out to sea.
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But if that storm moves a little quicker than the northern branch, it gets guided to the
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northeast.
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Here comes the cold air.
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And voila, you're talking about some snow.
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We have to watch that.
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Even around Washington, D.C., Baltimore, you have to be concerned.
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But certainly across parts of Pennsylvania and New England, you know I'm going to keep
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an eye on it.
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