Winter ontmoet de zomer Ver. Staten/koude polaire lucht Oost- en Zuidoost Europa

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Winter ontmoet de zomer in de Verenigde Staten - grote sneeuwstorm dit weekend / koude polaire lucht naar Oost- en Zuidoost Europa



*Winter meets summer*
Southeast USA still in summer with 32-34°C, while a major snowstorm arrives to the northwest this weekend!

By SWE |  Recent events |  28 September 2019
Autumn is usually a bridge between summer and winter. A slow and steady transition, when the hot air masses are moving out in the south, and colder air from the north gets more frequent and goes further south. Well, this weekend in the USA, we will see both summer and winter at the same time!

A strong low pressure system will move down from western Canada into northwest USA. It will bring a cold airmass from the north and a lot of precipitation, which will fall mostly as snow in the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains. In the east, there is a strong and persistent ridge (high pressure system), which is keeping the temperatures in the southeast over 32°C for a long period of time now, breaking many September temperature records.


GFS 500mb height anomaly forecast. Image by pivotal weather.




The low pressure system will bring cold temperatures to the northwest, down to near 0°C in the lower lands. While September snowstorms in the northwest are not unusual, such temperatures are well below normal for this time of year. Below is the 2-meter temperature anomaly forecast from GFS, showing the strong heat wave across the southeast and the cold outbreak in the northwest, with temperatures more than 18°C below normal in some places. This truly is the definition of "winter meets summer".


GFS forecast of 2-meter temperature anomaly. Image by Tropical Tidbits.



This snowstorm will be quite strong, as it is expected to drop over 1 meter of fresh snow in the highlands. Snowfall is also expected lower down, but is not expected to have any significant accumulations on the lowest altitudes. The map shows total snowfall in inches. 1 inch is roughly around 25 mm or 2,5 cm. So 4 inches equals 10 cm.


Total snowfall forecast from the GFS model. Image by Tropical Tidbits.



The snow cover is not expected to stay thick for long, as next weekend a high pressure system will move over the northwest, followed by a low pressure system from the Pacific a few days later, which will bring south winds and higher temperatures.


850mb temperature anomaly forecast from the GFS model. Image by Tropical Tidbits.



500mb height anomaly forecast from the GFS model. Image by pivotal weather.



Bron: Severe Weather Europe



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