First Outlook Map For The Major Storm Ahead

This is Student Meteorologist Kyle Elliott and, first off, I want to apologize for not getting a chance to post any discussion (written, maps, or video) on this upcoming major storm until now. I have been busy with the first week of the new semester at Millersville, and I just have not had the time to be able to sit down and post written or video discussion. Now, I am home for the weekend, so I should have a little more time to get discussion up. Therefore, I have made my first outlook map for this storm as of noon Saturday...and discussion on why I made the map the way I did will come after the 12z Euro suite comes in shortly. For now, here's my thoughts on the storm...and let me tell you this: the question is not whether or there is a big storm, the question is rather where exactly the storm will track. And I can tell you this...the GFS' OTS solution is completely wrong. Just look at the model and even the untrained eye can see that, due to the location of the high pressure, the storm would not track OTS. Hence, I am leaning toward a Euro/12z NAM/12z CMC mix on my map as a high out of position like the one we have now favors an Appalachian snowstorm and a mixing event for the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. This could end up looking very similar to 1993, just wanted to throw that out there...except for the fact that the coastal plain and Piedmont might not receive nearly as much as snow as they had in 93. So, Without further adieu, take a look at the map above.

P.S.: There could be crippling snows well down into Alabama and north Georgia too.