WeatherFanatics: Philly: More Winter Storms Coming

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Philly: More Winter Storms Coming

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

February 4,2014; 4:49PM,EST

The next winter storm will hit the Philadelphia area Tuesday night into Wednesday with a new round of travel delays and disruptions to daily activities. Another storm is due on Sunday.
While the storm this past Sunday night began as rain and changed to snow, the midweek storm will start off as snow, then is forecast to change to rain along the coast.
While less snow will fall in the city with the storm early Wednesday, enough snow and ice will fall at the onset of the storm to make some roads and sidewalks slippery. The morning commute Wednesday may be slow throughout the region.

The bulk of the precipitation will fall after midnight Tuesday to near daybreak Wednesday, when it can be rather heavy.

Where the change to rain is delayed or does not occur over the northern and western suburbs, a heavy amount of snow and ice will accumulate. In these areas, there is a risk of downed tree limbs and sporadic power outages.

The commute home Wednesday could still be slow for those heading to the north and west.
Around the city and coastal areas, where a change to rain occurs, there is the potential for urban flooding problems as the rain can come down heavy at times and some storm drains may be blocked with piles of snow.
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The region should get a little more of a breather before the next storm rolls in. The timing of the third storm in less than a week is scheduled for Sunday into Monday locally.
The Sunday to Monday storm could be the strongest of the winter, if it develops to its full potential.
In this scenario, there is a chance that the storm will pull cold air down at the last minute, bringing a change back to snow near the coast. The same scenario would bring enough wind to cause coastal flooding at times of high tide on the Atlantic coast of the Delmarva Peninsula Sunday night into Monday.
Tune in to AccuWeather Live Mornings every weekday at 7 a.m. and noon EST. We will be talking about the train of winter storms into the weekend.