Travel & RV Weather Extended Outlook through Sunday 13 February

Updated p.m. Sunday 6 February

Extended outlooks are more general in nature than the daily short term forecasts. Beyond a week, there is often significant uncertainty in the location and intensity of specific weather events. I will note where there is less, or greater, confidence than normal in these extended outlooks.

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Here is the latest short term weather forecast.

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A quiet weather week will provide generally good travel conditions.
Primary storm track will be from the Upper Mid-west, through the Great Lakes, then into the Northeast.
The West stays dry and becomes increasingly warm. The Northern and Central Plains warm up.
Texas and the South remain cooler than normal.
Central U.S. may see increased storminess the third week of February, but the West stays warm and dry.

Outlook for Tuesday – Thursday 8-10 February:

— On Tuesday, a coastal low pressure system near Cape Cod brings snow to much of ME.

— Rain and rain showers on Tuesday for much of the FL Peninsula.

— Wednesday afternoon will see light snow across the Great Lakes. Snow moves into western PA and NY, and northern New England on Thursday.

— On Thursday, low pressure in Manitoba Canada moves towards MN, bringing rain and snow to the Upper Midwest.

Outlook for Friday – Sunday 11-13 February:

— Expect light snow over the Great Lakes and rain in the Ohio River Valley

— On Saturday, a mixture of rain and snow will fall in the Northeast. Rain extends into the Tennessee River Valley.

— Sunday afternoon sees a Pacific storm move onshore in WA and OR, bringing rain and higher elevation snow.

Here are the temperature, precipitation and snowfall outlooks for Tuesday – Sunday 8-13 February

Average temperature difference, relative to normal, Wednesday – Sunday 9-13 February
Percentage of precipitation, relative to normal, through Sunday 13 February. Red and brown is drier than normal; green and blue is wetter than normal.
Except for ME, FL and the MI Upper Peninsula, the country will be drier or much drier than normal.
Total amount of expected precipitation, through Sunday 13 February.
Expected snowfall amounts through Sunday 6 February.
High temperatures Saturday 12 February.
Note the 60’s extending northward along the West Coast to Puget Sound WA.