A wave of cold air from the North will clash with moisture over Arkansas tonight and produce what the National Weather Service is calling a “significant snow event” over much of the state. The NWS is calling for a 100 percent chance of snow and sleet for Friday and a possible 3 to 5 inches of snow.
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It could be one of the biggest storms on record in Washington. As much as a foot of snow is possible for Philadelphia’s northern suburbs.
By this point, strong winds are expected from the Midwest down to the Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic. What is unchanged is the path showing that Washington D.C. could really get the brunt of it all with the heaviest snow totals expected to fall there.
Winter weather advisories and watches were in place from southern OH to northern Georgia, west to Arkansas and MS, east to New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and as far south as Georgia and North Carolina.
“We’re getting another round, but this time it should be more snow than ice”, McMillan said.
“They know (the storm is) coming”, Roy Washington said. “Subtle changes can make a big difference”. Cleary said the store had “plenty of salt on hand, and snow shovels, too, but we are running low on snowblowers”. After a rainy Friday, most of this storm’s precipitation will have left southeastern North Carolina by Saturday.
The NWS says as of Wednesday afternoon, many details regarding the placement of wintry precipitation and amounts remained uncertain.
With less than an inch of snow forecast, most roads were left untreated.
GALLERY: Will East Coast Storm Top These Monsters? “We might have to move it. Maybe to Sunday, maybe later on Saturday”, snowball fight organizer Ami Greener said.
Wind will be an issue along the coast Saturday Night & Sunday, combining with astronomical high tides could lead to some minor coastal flooding at the time of high tide Saturday Night & midday Sunday (11pm & 11am respectively).
Almost 2 feet of snow fell in February 2010’s “Snowmaggedon” storm, which cut power to hundreds of thousands in the region.
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PennDOT mechanics were busy making sure trucks were cleaned and in good fix so all equipment is ready to go whenever the snow starts falling, spokesman Gene Blaum said.
