Southern Europe drought is strengthening particularly in Southern France and Italy. Once again, Rhine River level is lowering now and further in the 10-day forecast.

Arctic air edges into the Northern U.S. next week causing a long duration blizzard dumping >2 feet of snow centered on Minensota while a streak of substantial freezing rain and attendant ice accretion extends from central Wisconsin to northern New England.

The battle zone between the Canadian chill and lingering U.S. warmth is likely to cause a vigorous storm track that can pull pieces of the Canadian chill into the U.S. for brief periods of time. This scenario will lead to an increase in both freezing rain/icing and snowfall event POTENTIAL.

The Madden Julian oscillation shifts across the equatorial Pacific through the next 7-10 days weakening next week. The MJO may regenerate in the tropical Atlantic in March. If so, an upper trough could bring plentiful cold in Canada into the East U.S.