Friday's Snow...

Here is the latest GFS runs for the Feb 1 storm. It is pretty typical of what the models are showing. I have taken the liberty to show the freezing line in the first two maps. It should be noted the freeze line is shown at 850 mb or 1500 meters above the surface. That makes the surface temperature warmer.

The question is how long we see rain before the the change over to snow comes. The earlier the better if you want a good snow storm. Also worth a mention is the northwest trend doesn't seem to come into play with this storm since it surface low is moving almost straight north somewhat like the blizzard of 99. However the blizzard of 99 had colder temperatures to work with from the very start.

All week will spent watching this system to see how it tracks. I will keep you updated...