LOL east coasters are funny about weather.
You would think it just magically forms just east of the Appalachians.
In some cases (like this one) it does. Basically there is precip system running up the coast which is going to hit the non-precip system presently over the mid-west and power it up.
You all get lake effect snow which we almost never see here. We get Nor’easters which you almost never see. It’s pretty rare that you get whacked with a storm and we get whacked by the same storm. It happens, but not all that often. Sometimes our coastal storms take a funky turn and head towards the Great Lakes and power back up and you all get hit, real hard.
But I agree, it’s winter. Shouldn’t be a big surprise. That said, I’m bringing in extra wood tonight and tomorrow.
“You would think it just magically forms just east of the Appalachians.”
Why is it we always hear about their “storms” but never about ours? I live in what they call “fly over” country, so why should I give a damn about their weather all the time? Hell Bells, they announce it on national news every time the weather is less than sunny as though this is the first time the place has ever seen adverse weather.
Don’t feel too put out, they might as well put “there they be dragons” on the weather map to the south of DC, it just doesn’t exist for them at all.