Category: Snowstorm Names

Jose Sanchez, left, and Irwin Perez are in good spirits as they shovel snow Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in Chambersburg, Pa. Winter Storm Jonas dropped a few feet of snow on the area.(Photo: Markell DeLoatch, Public Opinion) Like it or not, winter is coming. Are you ready for Winter Storm Blanche? How about Jupiter, Pluto, Reggie or Valerie? For the fifth...

“We are studying the storm’s ‘comma,’ the area of small scale waves or instabilities near the end of a storm system,” said Ryan Wade, a student in UAHuntsville’s atmospheric science Ph.D. program, as he helped set up the radar in New Market. “Those instabilities can dump large amounts of snow over small areas. That’s why you might have a storm...

The 2019-20 United States winter storm season was the least active season since accurate records began in 2012, with only 19 named storms. The season started on November 1, 2019 and ended on April 30, 2020; however, the first storm of the season, Aubrey, formed on October 8. The second storm, Bessie, formed before the beginning of the season as...