Another Major Winter Storm After the Holidays?

I don't usually talk about storms more than about five to six days away but I think this is worth mentioning because the forecast pattern is similar to the Christmas Eve-Day that brought power losses from Oklahoma to Maine.

Here is the European model forecast for the 5th:

It depicts one vigorous storm over New Mexico and a second over Oregon.

The U.S. GFS model shows a single very powerful storm moving into Oregon.

It is far to soon to get specific as to what may occur. But, I want to let you know there is the potential for a major winter storm the second week of January.