Pig Winter Storm for the East and Central US January 6-8

The ECMRF is indicating a major cold artic flood in the Mid-West and Great Lakes into the Northeast. At the same time for a major blizzard from the Ohio River Valley into the New England. The GFS is not showing a thing except cold air not artic air either just cold. here is the ECMRF Model from December 31, at 7 AM ET or 12Z Run for 114 Hours Out to 180 Hours.

The Surface Plots. Just watch how the storm moves Northward from the Mississippi River Valley towards Buffalo, NY Area.

Now look at the Cold Artic Flood. Also known as the Pineapple Express and Siberian Express. The Pineapple Express is when warm air intrudes Alaska and the North Poll and Siberian Express is when Siberia moves into the US with its cold. 

Bellow is the 850 MB Temperature Plot. The 850 MB Level is about 5000 Feet above sea level.

Now look at the snow fall total for this time frame. The images bellow are the snow fall total for 6 hours from the forecast time.

Now look at the forecast totals from 0 hours to 174 hours.

I expect a major storm. I think the snow fall totals are under done due to how cold it will be. So the snow fall totals could be like 12 to 15 inches with 2 feet in some places. Stay Tuned.