I don't think this amounts to much of anything for DMV, but as I said in an earlier post, it is nice to see that cold air is not too far away during our lull.
Yup...or maybe the low intensifies off the coast faster and makes it just cold enough, there is nothing else to watch the next week so I will keep an eye on it....better than whining about the warmth etc....
I am going to remain optimistic for February. Looking at the GFS on the 6th, it may be above normal in Canada, but cold enough....edited to add WB 6Z GEFS.
WB 12Z EPS, centered a day or two before and after February 1 there may be a small window of opportunity with temps near to below normal and a trough in the East.
Sterling NWS in their discussion to be fair said low confidence but warning level snow possible. Being a govt employee I can tell you there is probably a metric that if they put up a Winter Storm Watch they have to have a certain confidence level and they are graded on the success rate of their watches. Being next to headquarters where all the bigwigs are makes it even harder for them.