Weather to the MAX: Northeast Blizzard of 1978

The Northeast Blizzard of 1978 occurred between February 6-7th. Boston received 27 inches of snow, while Providence Rhode Island got 27.6 inches of snow. The storm took 100 lives. About 4500 were injured, and damage totaled 520 million dollars in 1978 currency-value, but present-day value is 1.75 billion dollars.

The storm formed off South Carolina. Arctic front and cold air mass collided with the storm, which proceeded to race up the coastline.

Weather to the MAX: Chicago Blizzard of 1979.

The Chicago Blizzard of 1979 occurred January 13-14, 1979. It dropped a total of 16 inches on January 13 ALONE. The final total was 19 inches of snow in Chicago. Cars were buried all winter as cold and snow continued with vengeance.

18z Storm Tracks Christmas Storm (NCEP/EMC)

The first image is the GFS model. It has inched farther north from South Arkansas to Central Arkansas. Often, storms will suddenly dive, then slowly come back up. We'll have to see if that happens.

The second image is the Short Range Ensemble Forecast. The three tracks going south are the same model, so don't invest much of anything into that. Same with the Pink tracks. But the Pink and red are combined, 2 different models favoring the north, 1 model with 3 branches favoring south.

Up-To-The-Minute Updates

Reports coming in GFS may be a bit north. Unconfirmed.

Second report of northern track. Precip QPF showing up North.

GFS Dec. 20 18z