A series of storms from the Pacific Ocean will run quickly along the United States/Canada border for the next week or more.
Just about every other day, precipitation will streak eastward from the Northwest U.S. to the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and neighboring Canada.
The fast motion of the storms will prevent cold air from driving southward for very long into the U.S.
Up until recently, cold air was entrenched in the West and non-existent in the East. Storms traveled southward along the Pacific coast, but were then flung northward toward the Great Lakes.
The pattern is now more typical of what we would see during mid-November or late March.
At the same time, the bulk of the storms will not be able to tap into Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic moisture, rendering most of them as minor precipitation events.
According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity, very little or no snow will fall south of the storm track.
This is not to say the storms will not have some vigor.
A narrow zone along and just north of the storm track can receive several inches of snow. Each can also generate a few hours of gusty winds along with the precipitation.
The (north/south) track of each storm will not be the same and can vary by up to a few hundred miles.
It is possible the path of one or more storms in the pattern could deliver a blanket of snow to cities such as Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Detroit, Toronto, Buffalo, and Montreal.
In recent days, there has been some indication of a more southern storm developing in the Eastern U.S. during early next week.
Such development would be uncharacteristic of the west to east pattern now becoming established.
While dramatic shifts in the weather pattern have occurred in the past, a great deal would have to change very quickly early next week for such a storm to unfold. AccuWeather.com meteorologists will continue to monitor the situation and keep you advised.
Margusity believes the weak La Nina pattern will continue to keep storms toned down over much of the U.S. for the next several weeks.
"It's possible that as the weak La Nina withers away late in the winter that storms and opportunities for heavy snow may ramp up come February," Margusity said recently.
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