Level 2 Alert " Be Prepared"
Time: 6 PM
Date 2/2/10
Real Weather Services has come up with three different levels in preparation for a Winter Storm System. Those three implementations are as follows but am open to suggestions.
Level 1 Alert : On Guard. This means conditions look favorable for a significant winter event across the region
Level 2 Alert: Be Prepared. This means that guidance is converging on a solution and conditions are at the level where you should actually prepare for significant winter weather
Level 3 Alert : Ruh Roh . This means models have converged on a solution and now is likely that a significant winter weather will be effecting the area...
Real Weather Solutions has decided to upgrade from On Guard to Level 2 "Be Prepared" The definition of that can be seen above.
Level 2 Effects the following Areas : Northern Va, WV, DC , BWI, all of MD, All of Delaware, All of NJ, All of eastern PA and East Central PA, NE PA, SE PA, NYC Metro Region, SNE...
Models are coming into a consensus on a storm to effect the region starting friday late in the day. Current guidance is showing a storm organizing in the Gulf of Mexico and the Primary riding NE thru the Tennessee Valley and then transferring to a secondary over South Carolina. From there the system should approach Cape Hatteras and hug the coast and then ride the western edge of the Gulf Stream as it moves up the eastern seaboard.
Real weather services feels this storm has the potential to deepen rapidly as it is over the Gulf Stream waters and potentially could get down into the mid 980s MB pressure wise. Due to the strength of this low and its RI ..this could create strong winds as well.
The potential exists for 6 inches or more of snow with some locations seeing along the range of 12 inches N or the PA/MD border. South of that border the potential exists for more then a foot of snow.
If conditions warrant Real Weather Services will issue a Level three Alert!
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