February 17, 1999
The Delaware Valley enjoyed a fine day of February weather on Tuesday as skies were
mostly sunny with the high officialy of 62º. Skies will cloud up tomorrow and expect shower
to develop around midday. High in the low to mid 50's. Steadier rain should develop
tomorrow night, perhaps with a period of heavier rain Thursday morning. Any rain should
move out by midday on Thursday and may end briefly as a period of wet snow as temps
drop during the afternoon. Thereafter, this forecast becomes tricky. Clouds will increase
once again during the day on Friday as a storm system moves in from the south. High on
Friday in the mid 40's. Any precip should hold off until late Friday night. I want to keep
this really short due to the lack of consistency between the computer models. Some want
to dive a piece of energy farther south and develop more of a coastal storm, on other
models, the energy never really catches up with the trough. So, is there going to be a
storm this weekend? Yes. Will we see any snow out of this system? Possibly, but too
premature to tell. Could this storm stay to the south and get booted out to sea? Certainly
could. Nothing is out of the question right now, but I am leaning towards more of a rainy
scenario in our area (Delaware County). Better idea on this in the morning. Maybe
another system coming in fast on the heels of the weekend storm as well. Very active
pattern setting up!
