January 8th to 9th Storm Update and More Storm News

Unfortunately, the overhype about the first storm in this new, favorable pattern for snow has dissipated and gone to the south. The January 8th-9th storm missed our area and went to the North Carolina area. However, next week is very interesting and is very similar to what we saw in Mid-December, where we got a smaller storm on Monday and a much bigger storm on Wednesday. We have a threat to watch on 12-13, and then ANOTHER threat on the 15-16th. However, I personally think(after some research), that any storm before the 15th shouldn't be taken as seriously(not in terms of impact) because of the heavy blocking in the Arctic. Once the blocking cools down, then storms in that period of time will be more serious(not saying that we can still get serious storms before the 15th). I will be watching both threats. The models are showing mixed things for these threats, and since they are so far out, only the GFS and Euro model show precipitation for these time periods. As we get closer, I will start showing models.