A significant portion of the United States, ranging from Northern Texas all the way up towards the tops of New England, was hit with some fairly serious snow this past weekend.
The snowstorm, which started to get media attention in the week leading up to its expected start, quickly became framed as the ‘super storm’ of the year, which led to a lot of local accounts jokingly suggesting that there might be anything between 0 and 76 inches of snow, laughingly stating that it would be impossible to tell in advance.
Now, for better or worse, it seems like some weather reports are suggesting there might be even more snow coming later this week, right after the District got over 7 inches of snow.
Is it going to snow again this week?
As is always the case with these winter weather reports, it’s impossible to know for certain… There are seemingly dozens of different weather prediction models used all around the world that come to different conclusions…
For instance, last Sunday’s storm was predicted to be around 5 inches of snow by one model, while another was sure snow totals in the D.C. area would be closer to 15 inches.
So, if there’s any lesson we can take away from this past weekend’s storm, it’s that a more reliable prediction comes from combining all the weather models to establish an ‘average’ prediction.
That said, yes, most winter prediction models are consistently predicting snowfall this upcoming weekend, from Saturday evening through Monday morning.
The exact amount of snow is not yet clear; some models are predicting as little as a ‘dusting’ of snow, and others as much as a repeat of last Sunday’s blizzard.
As this weekend approaches, weather models will have a clearer prediction as the coastal storm develops, giving us a better understanding of how it might impact the DMV area.