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Winter Weather Forecasting

The following resources are available for analyzing observations and model forecasts of winter weather in the realm of mid-latitude cyclones and polar lows.  Forecasting winter weather including predicting the correct precipitation type and snow/ice accumulations can be a challenge.

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Government-Based Winter Weather Forecast Sites:

HPC Winter Weather Product Suite
Operational Snow/Ice Cover Analysis
Snow Products Data Archive
Automated Snow Cover Map
National Ice Center

Other Winter Weather Sites:

NSSL Winter Weather Basics
NSSL Winter Weather Safety
Regional Snowfall Model Page
State of the Canadian Cryosphere
National Snow and Ice Data Center - Home
National Snow and Ice Data Center - Data List
Rutgers University Global Snow Lab

Winter Storm Case Studies:

Case Study Library of US Winter Storms at UCAR

Blizzard of 2006 - US East Coast: February 11-13, 2006 -- PSU Discussion (PDF)
Ice Storm - Pennsylvania: January 17-18, 2006 (PDF)
Winter Storm - Pennsylvania: January 23, 2006 (PDF)
Snow/Ice Storm - US Southeast: February 27-28, 2005
Blizzard of 2005 on WikiPedia - US Northeast: January 21-22, 2005
Winter Storm - US Southeast Coast: December 26, 2004 -- AMS Discussion of (PDF)
Colorado Snowstorm Self-Study Case - Colorado: March 17-20, 2003
President's Day Snowstorm II - US East Coast: February 16-17, 2003
Southeast Winter Storm - North Carolina: January 23, 2003
Christmas Nor'easter - Northeast US: December 25-26, 2002 (PDF)
Southern Mid-Atlantic Winter Storm - Carolinas & Virginia: January 2-3, 2002
Coastal Winter Storm - North Carolina: December 2-3, 2000
Explosive Cyclogenesis - US East Coast: January 25, 2000
North Pacific Snowstorm - Southeast Alaska: January 23-24, 1999
New England Snowstorm - New England: December 5-8, 1996
Midwest Winter Storm - Iowa/Wisconsin: January 26, 1996
Midwest Winter Storm - Upper Midwest: January 18, 1996
Blizzard of 1996 on WikiPedia - US East Coast: January 6-8, 1996
Storm of the Century - Eastern US: March 13, 1993
Southern Storm 1988 - Arkansas to Virginia: January 5-8, 1988
Southeast Blizzard - Virginia & North Carolina: March 1-2, 1980
President's Day Snowstorm I - US East Coast: February 17-19, 1979
Blizzard of 1978 on WikiPedia - Northeast US: February 5-8, 1978
Great Blizzard of 1978 on WikiPedia - Central US: January 26, 1978
Superstorm of 1973 - Carolinas: February 9-11, 1973

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