Series of Atlantic Super Storms

Posted by Tim Kelley February 2, 2010 at 9:51 pm

From The Pacific Ocean, across North America, into The Atlantic Ocean, a series of storms with immense power are forecast for February. The Tuesday February 2, 2010 00 GMT weather model run of the NAM forecast Low Pressure deepening to 944 millibars southeast of Newfoundland by Friday February 5th. Currently that Storm is flaking 6″+ snow on Virginia, the second plowable snow on The Mid-Atlantic States in 4 days. The central pressure is now 1006 millibars, just east of Hatteras NC. ‘Bombogenesis’ is forecast for the next 24 hours.

As I watched these ships headed into the open sea today, I had to wonder if the super storms forecast in the North Atlantic were on the minds of the captain. The lowest pressure of Hurricane Bob in 1991 was 950 millibars.

This is just the beginning of a parade of storms form the Pacific to the Atlantic. Here in New England we are on the curb very close to the road this parade is traveling. That means we may get run over by one or more of these storms. The most likely timing at this point looks like Weds Feb 3, Sat Feb 9, Tues Feb 9, Fri Feb 12.. and so on for the foreseeable future. The potential exists for some powerful Nor’easters in there. So far though, we see no sign of a cut-off blizzard loop.. they appear headed for the Canadian Maritime Provinces.