While the term “blizzard” conjures thoughts of deep snow drifts for many Iowans, National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Small says that won’t be the case today.
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If the snow lightens or stops during the day, motorists could get a break. Small says new snowfall today will be minimal.
On Wednesday, a chance of snow showers remains with high temperatures in the high 30s.
The storm is expected to taper off in the evening with an additional 1 to 3 inches of snow predicted to fall Monday night.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 10 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Rain mixed with snow overnight, and forecast to become all snow by daybreak and lasting into early afternoon.
“A second, much stronger cold front moves through tonight, bringing blustery northwest winds, much colder temperatures and a prolonged period of up-slope snow showers through at least Thursday”, Hysell said.
The NWS said that snow would be followed by colder weather, with several days of below-freezing temperatures expected this work week. Snow would have a hard time sticking to sun-warmed paved surfaces, with the February sun gaining wattage by the day. However, no major accumulations are expected there from Mars.
Mountain snow: Mountain snow will start falling later Monday morning and will last off-and-on most of the week. New Jersey was expected to get up to 5 inches, while rain that turned to snow snarled the morning commute in eastern Pennsylvania and caused some schools to delay opening.
Although areas of the Cape and Southeastern Mass. could see snow in excess of a foot, the biggest concern there will be possible wind gusts of 45 to 65 miles per hour, resulting in white-out conditions.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.
AMOUNTS: The location of the highest accumulations will depend on how rapidly and where the storm develops offshore on Tuesday.
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Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 12.
