The storm that could not hit Northern VA, DC, Central MD, and South Central PA. This storm blanketed all major I-95 cities with at least some snow from Georgia to Maine! It missed a small area! Where? Check the image!

You have to admit, that is an odd looking map! Southeastern PA did get some more so the whole is even smaller. What a storm it has been! The "Boxing Day Blizzard" will be a historical storm as totals quickly mounted to upwards of 2 feet in many places in less than 15 hours! That is impressive. Winds gusting to near 70 MPH! For a while the Mid Atlantic looked like it MAY be in for the storm but models flipped back and forth with this region as they began to lock on the Northeast as the place to truly unleash its' fury! 

What is left for the Mid Atlantic? Wind now. But not to downplay that this was a significant and historic storm for parts of VA, NC, SC, and GA as well. SE VA ended up with as much as 14 inches of snow and Blizzard conditions for the Eastern Shore. It was a great system! 

Why couldn't the models figure this out so that Meteorologists were playing flip flopping craziness as the models would shift east and then back west. This was not fun for anyone! ME TOO! And, as the map shows, I just felt that the Northern VA, MD, and PA areas WOULD end up with snow. Ironically, the models hinted that this would not be the case. So I was wrong. 

Where do we go from here. A cold 36 hours to go and then a slow, and then dramatic mild up for this weekend as temps soar into the 50s and even a few 60s maybe. Rain showers are in the forecast for the weekend! LONG term we should see temps come back down and we may see some more wintry threats in early 2011 - that first week in fact could pose 2 threats!

All for now!