There is plenty of weather to talk about across the US right now with a rare heavy snowfall which struck Texas on Thursday which broke records and even shut down major I-10 for a time while busy, Transmountain Highway which cuts through the Franklin Mountains on the outskirts of El Paso was also shut.

The largest snow accumulation was recorded in Water Valley which saw 6 inches,  a record 2 inches fell in San Angelo while El Paso recorded 3 inches. Abilene saw an inch which tied a record set back in 1958. Currville, located further south than New Orleans, saw snow.

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A blustery day yesterday across the Northeast made for a wild day up on top of Mt Washington with wind gusts topping 119 mph.

Of course there is plenty of cold air across the West with widespread single digits and high-elevation sub-zero lows. Here were the lows recorded this morning.

As for the warm-up coming. Just how warm may it get?

While still early to provide an accurate forecast. The intensity of the ridge, it’s position, snow cover (which should be mainly gone) and strength of southwest flow will determine how mild it gets. The Ohio Valley will get in on the abnormally mild air first, starting Tuesday and Wednesday and peaking Thursday. Then it will be the Northeast’s turn on Friday. It will be mild through much of next week in the East but I’m really meaning, the peak of warmest air.

Here’s the latest ECMWF 500mb heights for next Thursday.

Once the snow cover is mostly gone, temperatures may reach near the low 60s as far north as Indiana, Ohio and western PA.

Here’s for Friday. Note the core shifts east and so does the warmest air.

As for the East, I expect low to mid-60s for parts of the Mid-Atlantic, including Baltimore and Washington DC.

Low to mid-50s will cover much of the Northeast, upper 40s, maybe low 50s as far north as New England though deeper snow cover up in northern VT, NH and Maine may keep temperatures in the low to mid-40s.

This mild air should continue into the early part of the following week but by then. Major cold will take hold across the West and Plains. See this morning’s post on the coming cold for mid-January.

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