The near-real-time operational GEOS-5 system ingests more than 5 million observations every six hours producing comprehensive analyses and forecasts of the atmosphere each day at 25-km global resolution….
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On Jan. 22, 2016 the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland said “A potentially crippling winter storm is anticipated for portions of the mid-Atlantic Friday into early Saturday”. At least one tornado was reported with this severe weather. As of late Friday morning, Winter Storm Jonas had already dumped a foot of snow in North Carolina – and seems to still be gaining in intensity.
NOAA’s GOES-West satellite imagery from January 21 at 10 a.m. EST shows the large winter storm over near the Gulf coast and another storm approaching the Pacific coast.
But with an estimated one to two inches of snowfall accumulating per hour, that effort alone hasn’t been enough to keep the Island’s main arteries clear.
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“A precipitation analysis was created using data collected by GPM’s Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments”, NASA’s Rob Gutro wrote in a storm update. Even a blizzard watch is in effect across the Washington, D.C. metro area along with adjacent locations. Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas took to their twitter handles to make fun of the “Winter Storm Jonas” memes, that are hitting the internet now-a-days, reports E! To the south, a quarter to half inch of ice accumulations across parts of the interior Carolinas outside the mountains – with lighter amounts expected in Kentucky and over the much of the central/eastern Carolinas.
