{"id":14009,"date":"2019-01-08T01:13:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T06:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=14009"},"modified":"2019-01-08T02:39:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:39:06","slug":"heres-what-meteorologists-are-saying-about-the-chance-for-a-snow-storm-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/01\/heres-what-meteorologists-are-saying-about-the-chance-for-a-snow-storm-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s What Meteorologists Are Saying About the Chance for a Snow Storm This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The GFS forecast model for Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Credit: NOAA)<\/p><\/div>\n

A significant snow storm could hit the Jersey Shore this weekend \u2013 or there may be nothing at all. But it\u2019s still work keeping an eye to the sky, according to the experts, and the Internet has already begun throwing out phrases like \u201cpolar vortex\u201d and \u201cblizzard.\u201d (We don\u2019t like to do that sort of thing here, for the record.)<\/p>\n

Meteorologists are watching two systems develop across the country. If the \u201cperfect storm\u201d of conditions develops, they could combine, form a coastal storm and bring the season\u2019s first snow event to the Shore area since that \u201cpolar\u201d air would be in place. Alternatively, the European forecast model is showing that the Garden State will dodge the bullet, and any snow would be relegated to our south.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis one is going to boil down to an epic battle between a big mass of cold air and a strong coastal low pressure system,\u201d local meteorologist Dan Zarrow said on his popular Facebook page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zarrow said the American forecast model is showing the potential for \u201cdouble digit\u201d snow totals, \u201cbut it is far from a guarantee\u201d because forecast models are \u201call over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another meteorologist, Joe Cioffi, agreed. His forecast is also a battle between the American mode, the GFS, and the EURO model.<\/p>\n

\u201cWere the European correct we would be looking at a flat wave that passes off the North Carolina coast and heads east northeast and good bye,\u201d Cioffi said on his excellent Patreon page<\/a>, explaining that the GFS times the arrival of cold Canadian air differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of this is coming on what looks like a terrific surface set up with a big cold high in Quebec and cold air wedged southward into the Middle Atlantic states,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Steven DiMartino, who runs the wildly popular NY-NJ-PA Weather website<\/a> and social media accounts<\/a>, is also watching the systems develop but has yet to make a formal forecast.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there a shot? Yes,\u201d he said with regard to a storm. \u201cIs it time to go into details or go aggressive? No.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I see some want to see me go nuts about Saturday into Sunday for snowfall. There\u2019s a chance for some good snow, but beware of enhanced snowfall with positively titled troughs. Is there a shot? Yes. Is it time to go into details or go aggressive? No.<\/p>\n

\u2014 NY NJ PA Weather (@nynjpaweather) January 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n