Plenty of cold, but are there any snowstorms on the way?

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In today's Forecast Feed, Bernie Rayno takes a look at the snow threat for the United States.

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00:00well you often hear me say first you got to get the cold then you get the snow well we have plenty

00:14of cold but so far there really really has not been any big snowstorms i guess the one we had

00:21earlier in the week across parts of the northeast would be no it was certainly a substantial storm

00:28for many all right let me show you where we're going here over the next couple of days here all

00:32right couple weak storms only minor snow events from the midwest into the northeast and even parts

00:39of the mid-atlantic here as we head into early next week now i do believe there's a more chance for a

00:47substantial amount of snow or at least a storm as we get toward the northeast maybe the ohio valley

00:54as we get into the middle part of next week then we're going to be watching this a pattern change

01:00next weekend with a dip in the jet stream going into the western united states and i'll tell you

01:06what the northern rockies you haven't had a lot of snow you're going to get plastered with snow next

01:11weekend all right i just want to put a bow on this uh this is the storm that we've been talking about

01:16most of this week this is going to end up being a minor event in this blue area i yeah i could see a

01:22little snow getting up to philadelphia some flurries but this general area is going to be a coating to

01:27an inch or two if we end up getting with three or four inches of snow i think it's going to be down

01:32in here long i-81 toward the roanoke area perhaps but it's it's a minor event but it could still cause

01:39problems friday morning and i think it's going to snow down um once you get toward richmond i think it's

01:46snow over to sleet these areas right along the north carolina uh virginia state line will be snow

01:53and sleet going over to some rain but some slippery travel here as we go forward all right i want to

01:58show you this this is the pattern that we've been dealing with uh right now across the country and

02:03what you're looking at is this continual west northwest flow you can see it right in here so you

02:10have the northern branch of the jet stream in here this brings the cold air now what i've been waiting

02:15for is this the southern branch of the jet stream right that's the storms and what you know what we've

02:22been waiting for is this is there any way that you can get the storm to come in advance of the cold air

02:31get a storm to form have it come up the coast and then you get some snow now we had that earlier in

02:36a week this next storm is mostly going to be offshore now moving beyond that this pattern is

02:44not going to change in that you're going to continue to see this northwest flow right in the next week

02:50bringing down the cold air the question is are there any big storms on the horizon and i i don't see any

02:57i don't see any as we as we get in the next week look at the pattern you just continue this is this

03:04evening this is friday evening you see this northwest flow look at sunday same story you just

03:10continue to bring down this west northwest flow that brings down the cold air there we get in the

03:15monday in the tuesday in the wednesday that's where things can change a little bit but at least early

03:21next week i don't see anything of significance you do have another cold front coming through here

03:27over the weekend across the upper midwest let me show it to you it's right here see that there's a

03:33little cold front coming through right in here you see this little piece of energy right here this

03:38comes across the uh upper midwest as we get into the weekend and there's going to be a little snow

03:42with that uh by the way the game in green bay huge game between green bay and chicago and green

03:47bad i think temperatures in the teens not much wind and there'll be a little snow in the morning there

03:51with that system but see this comes across the area you see the blue across the lakes we'll track that

03:56system into the northeast over the weekend maybe a little bit of snow in new england won't be much

04:01now there's another system to watch early next week it's right in here you see this this has a

04:07shot of bringing a little more substantial snow but it's mostly to the lakes and into the northeast

04:13monday into tuesday then there's another system right in here wednesday into thursday and this is

04:19where it kind of gets a little interesting because wednesday into thursday you know what's going on

04:23you're getting a deepening of the trough pretty big deep uh dip in the jet stream here as we get in

04:29the wednesday and thursday now right now the way this upper air pattern is configured you could see

04:37a little band of snow coming here across the midwest and northeast wednesday into thursday with that dip in

04:43the jet stream but by the time you get a storm to form it's well offshore and it goes out to sea

04:50you get another shot of cold but there's no significant snow however this is the one to watch

04:58if we're going to get a substantial and widespread snow this would be the opportunity wednesday into

05:05thursday and here's why this dip in the jet stream would just have to be a little farther west you see

05:11how it kind of rounds the bed right here this is where you would get the storm to form right when this

05:17trough goes what i call negative where it's tilted from northwest to southeast this is where the storm

05:24would form it would go out to sea however if this dip in the jet stream here was a little farther west

05:29let's say it was like this then you would get the storm to form near the coast and that would come

05:35northward so this is what it looked like on you see how the storm's offshore on this it's well offshore

05:41what i'm saying is there's an opportunity if this dip in the jet stream's a little farther west

05:46instead of the storm forming here and going out to sea it would be a little closer to the coast and come

05:52northward and if that's the case then you can get some significant snows into the appalachians

05:57and in new england now nothing is showing that yet this dip in the jet stream is it's just a little

06:04too far east you see that for this to occur this would have to be back here and then there's room for

06:13this come up the coast that's something to watch for i don't see anything yet but what i'm getting at

06:19is i don't see any substantial snows for anybody through at least wednesday and then watch this

06:25area late next week and by the way big pattern change next weekend take a look at this big dip in

06:31the jet stream coming into the west look at that what is that going to do produce a lot of snow

06:36look at the snowfall from now until monday or next week this is the accumulating snow look at all of the

06:44snow in the northern rockies by the way you can also see where the snow is going to be from the

06:49upper midwest into new england not so much in the mid-atlantic except for friday change is coming

06:56and that's defeat

06:57you

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