A wet or wintry mix scenario is most likely from northeastern North Carolina to southeastern Virginia, part of the Delmarva Peninsula and southern New Jersey.
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Winter Storm Jonas will kick into high gear Friday, pummeling parts of the East through Sunday with heavy snow and ice.
Part of the problem with all this storm hype, Otto said, is that too much is still unknown. The I-95 swath from northern Virginia to New England would be spared the worst from the storm in this case.
Strong winds associated with this powerful nor’easter will likely result in power outages, as well as widespread coastal flooding. This is why you should check daily to see what the latest forecast is showing for potential snowfall accumulation in your location. High temperatures are forecasted to be 30 degrees both Friday and Saturday.
As the storm strengthens near the coast, winds will increase, and blowing and drifting snow will develop. The numbers are the amount of melted precipitation; some of this would be snow.
There’s also the potential for the snow to be get mixed with rain – you know, that icky, slushy stuff that freezes and makes getting anywhere such a joy.
Pittsburgh has measured 7.2 inches of snow this season, putting the snowfall deficit at 10 inches.
A storm does seem to be brewing for the weekend of January 23, but the meteorologist we talked to told us not to believe the hype.
AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines said that it’s become clear that some areas in the mid-Atlantic region will get more than a foot of snow, but questions still remain about how far north the significant condensations levels will reach. The computer models that forecast how this energy will evolve havent gotten great information about this system because the best way to learn about the atmosphere is to send up a weather balloon with a radiosonde to collect data.
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This morning, the storm will finally cross onto land, where we can collect much more accurate data. Im confident there will be fewer uncertainties about the track and impact of this storm by this evening, and certainly by tomorrow morning.
