Sometimes, you might want to head north for the winter.
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Sater said winds could gust at 50 miles per hour and higher.
The storm could bring ice and freezing rain before dumping as much as 2 feet of snow. Our next big weather maker taking shape to our west Thursday. But the real punch is expected this weekend. “They’re going to get hit pretty good”.
As Washington prepares for this weekend’s snowstorm, now forecast to reach blizzard conditions, a small clipper system pushed through the region Wednesday night causing massive delays and issues on the roads.
Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia noted that the city is expecting blizzard conditions, gale-force winds and white-out conditions on the roads.
Because the intense snowfall is expected to begin on Friday evening and not abate until late on Saturday night, officials have warned that residents of the cities may not be able to leave their homes until Sunday, or even Monday.
The trend in forecast models has been for the storm to stay farther south, and if that continues Boston could be spared, said Steve LaVoie, a meteorologist at Hometown Forecast Services Inc.in Nashua, New Hampshire. As much as a foot of snow is possible for Philadelphia’s northern suburbs.
More than 100 crashes were being investigated in Virginia as snow blanketed the area.
Kimberly Charles, of Winston-Salem, N.C., loads a newly purchased snow shovel into her SUV after buying it at a hardware store in Winston-Salem on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Snow is expected to start falling over the central Plains on Thursday.
North Alabama will have the best shot at accumulating snow.
The National Weather Service has put Winchester’s potential maximum amount of snowfall accumulation at 38 inches.
It’s “highly unlikely” we don’t see a big storm, says Otto. In Connecticut, just 3 to 6 inches are forecast.
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The thought at the moment is the storm will fall below criteria for a blizzard – three consecutive hours of sustained winds 35 mph or above and visibility of a quarter-mile or less – in the region. “We’ve seen that in storms in the past”. At least 1 foot of snow is likely from eastern Kentucky into most of West Virginia. The snow should taper off after midnight into early Sunday morning. Heavy snow is expected to fall in the South and East by the end of this week. The warning is in effect from 6 pm tonight and all day Friday. Along with the snow, Jonas will also bring strong winds and coastal flooding.
