AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter speaks on upcoming storms this week.
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00:00weather. And we'll be back
00:01with more on that. Coming up
00:03in just a few minutes. All
00:04right. Thanks for joining me
00:05right now is Accuweather chief
00:07meteorologist Jonathan Porter
00:09and you and the long range
00:11team were warning us back at
00:14the beginning of the wintertime.
00:16Watch out for February that it
00:16was going to be a busy, busy
00:17weather pattern and all you
00:21have to do. This know that that
00:22forecast was nailed is look at
00:24the satellite here right now.
00:26Yeah, our team identified that
00:27ahead of others. All other
00:28weather patterns are going to
00:31be a little bit different, but
00:32we're going to be a little bit
00:33different on the satellite. The
00:35storms are lining right up like
00:36a parade. Here's the first one
00:38of moving out toward the East
00:39Coast today. Storm number two
00:40in the Southwest and then look
00:43out in California. You showed
00:44what was going on in San
00:46Francisco. Calm now, but this
00:47is going to be a big storm here
00:48as we make our way through the
00:50next couple of days. All these
00:51storms impactful the first one
00:52impacting mostly the mid
00:53Atlantic, but parts of the
00:56Midwest, but. Take a look at
00:59this. This is a big storm.
01:01This is going to be a big storm
01:03tomorrow, but it's a large area
01:06of disruptive snow in the
01:07central part of the country. It
01:08sure is in places that haven't
01:10had a lot of snow. Omaha yet
01:12this season, Omaha over toward
01:13Des Moines and even up toward
01:15Chicago. So a lot of blue with
01:16the snow there and I see mix in
01:17between in places like
01:20Indianapolis. Over toward
01:21pencil parts of Pennsylvania
01:23and heavy rain flash flooding
01:25concerns across the south, and
01:26we want to highlight down in
01:28the middle of this area. So
01:29that's going to be a big
01:30concern. But we're going to be
01:31able to see that there can be a
01:33flooding problem there. All
01:34right. Let's go to the West
01:35Coast. Here's our last storm,
01:38John. And you know, I have the
01:40storm circled. But what what is
01:41really telling is the amount of
01:43moisture on the southeastern
01:45flank of that highlighted area
01:47that really stands out. When
01:48you look at this map, look at
01:49all of these yellows and reds
01:50here. These are really high
01:53cloud tops. In the atmosphere,
01:54and this is associated with a
01:56lot of rain. So we're going to
01:58see a lot of rain. We're going
01:59to see a lot of flash flooding
02:01and the one hand is good news
02:02because we need the rain, but
02:03it just can't come too fast too
02:06furious. That's we get into
02:07some serious flash flooding
02:09concerns, especially near the
02:10burn scars. Yeah, we're looking
02:12at about 2 to 4 inches of rain
02:14in Los Angeles. Now short term
02:16pain, John, this is going to
02:17cause flooding, but long term
02:19gain. We do have a short term
02:21drought across Southern
02:22California. We do so the rain
02:24is helpful toward that. But
02:24what's going to be particularly
02:26concerning is the risk for
02:27severe weather. We spoke with
02:29the chief meteorologist and
02:30severe weather expert Billy
02:32Clark in our Wichita Severe
02:33Weather Center yesterday, and
02:34he was commenting about the
02:36risk for thunderstorms here
02:38associated with this storm, and
02:38that could result in rain rates
02:41of a half inch. To one inch per
02:43hour. That's when life
02:44threatening flash flooding and
02:45mudslides can occur, especially
02:47near those burn scars. And then
02:49there we go into the Northeast.
02:50More problems and then Midwest
02:52and Northeast John really
02:53quickly. The combination of all
02:55of those things. It's going to
02:57be a very, very severe storm,
02:58and it's going to be a very
02:59severe storm. Bernie is a well
03:00in the coming days that those
03:00delays can spread across the
03:04country. All right, Accuweather
03:05chief meteorologist Jonathan
03:06Porter. Thanks for joining us