Unsafe travel conditions Saturday will be magnified by high winds and whiteout conditions, which could flip plow trucks over, Jay Garrick, road and bridge supervisor of Lake County said Friday afternoon.
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WJZ’s Bob Turk says the Baltimore area can expect an inch or two of snow, but areas affected by the advisory could see up to five inches of snow.
Precipitation is likely, but weather models do not agree on the track of the storm nor the temperatures of the lower atmosphere, according to the National Weather Service. “During the day Saturday, I would not be at all surprised to see it transition completely to rain for awhile”.
There will be multiple chances for rain showers through next week.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the entire city from 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday. Low around 56. Southwest wind 8 to 14 miles per hour. “Amounts of 1-3” would be possible in RI and SE MA, with little to no accumulating snow north of the Mass Pike. About an inch is possible.
The high temperature Thursday in Oklahoma City will be near 81 degrees with winds gusting up to 31 miles per hour. The day looks mostly sunny and cooler with highs in the 30s. North wind to 8 miles per hour, gusting to 13 miles per hour.
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Overnight Friday into Saturday, temperatures are expected to plummet into the twenties by Saturday morning, February 17. In general the system is going to keep all snow to the north and west of Philly with mainly just rain in areas along the shore in South Jersey and into Delaware. The highest totals will shift further inland to central and western MA and parts of New Hampshire and Vermont.
