By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
March 2,2016; 9:11PM,EST
The return of cold air into this weekend will deliver one to two rounds of snow and slippery conditions along the Interstate 81 and 95 corridors in the mid-Atlantic.
The track and strength of both systems will determine which areas pick up an accumulation on non-paved surfaces, as well as which locations experience slippery travel.
Snow to sweep from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic, southern New England into Friday
The first system will take a path much farther south, when compared to the storm on Tuesday. The first storm will produce a general 1-3 inches of snow, mainly on non-paved surfaces.
The snow will sweep eastward over the I-70 and I-80 corridors of the Midwest during Thursday.
During Thursday night into Friday morning, snow will fall on much of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southern New York state and northwestern North Carolina.
Snow will also graze the southern coast of New England during Friday into Friday evening.
Snowfall up to 6 inches could fall on parts of the central Appalachians from the storm.
Another area where snow could fall at a heavier rate for a time will be from part of southeastern Virginia to eastern Maryland, Delaware and southern New Jersey, as well as Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The heavier snow in the warmer areas of the region can occur as the storm strengthens. Winds will pick up along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts.
"At least for now, it does not look like a widespread nor'easter that would bring heavy snow to many areas," according to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams.
Where the snow gets a head start during the late-night and early-morning hours, roads could become slippery and snowcovered for the morning rush hour on Friday.
Motorists from Pittsburgh to Roanoke and Richmond, Virginia; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Dover, Delaware; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Philadelphia should be prepared for a slippery and slushy morning commute on Friday.
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A slippery and slushy drive is possible along portions of Interstate 80, I-81, I-95, I-64, I-66, I-68, I-70, I-76 and I-83 to name a few.
Even though the air will be significantly colder than the storm earlier in the week, marginal temperatures will still cause some of the snow to melt and to be mixed with rain.
During March, when temperatures are in the 30s F, snow must fall at a heavy rate to accumulate on paved surfaces that are treated during the midday and afternoon hours.
Depending on the rate of snowfall, roads will tend to be mainly wet during the late morning and afternoon hours on Friday.
Should the storm take a jog to the north or south by 100 miles, then accumulating snow and slippery travel could reach as far north as New York City and Boston or as far south as Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Snow showers to fly over the mid-Atlantic from Saturday to Sunday
As the first storm affects part of the Atlantic Coast on Friday, another storm will drop southeastward across the Midwest.
"Unlike the past couple of weekends, the cold air will stick around during most of this weekend," Abrams said.
The second of the two storms is likely to spread snow showers over a broad area of the mid-Atlantic.
The spotty snow will break out over the central Appalachians during Saturday afternoon and evening and spread toward the coast later at night into Sunday morning.
Since some of the snow will fall during the nighttime and early morning hours, some roads could be slippery for a time.
Beyond this weekend, much warmer conditions will move in next week. The pattern change could signal an end to wintry weather for many locations.
David Colantuono ·
Works at Unemployed
Enjoy
this nice blast of cold and snow while it lasts, cold weather fans. It
will be very short-lived. And then, comes the heat which will probably
last until October or November. Regardless of whether or not I survive
this upcoming Spring and Summer due to my chronic health problems, I
will always hate hot weather and will always love cold weather. There
is absolutely nothing that will ever change that, no matter what warm
weather fans say.
I'm tired of explaining the same thing, over and over, as to how bad the warm weather affects my health problems. You have to trust me (or come to my house and see for yourselves if you doubt me). Warm weather is my enemy and my health suffers a lot in warm weather. While I suffer year round, it's still much worse in warm weather than it is in cold weather.
I'm tired of explaining the same thing, over and over, as to how bad the warm weather affects my health problems. You have to trust me (or come to my house and see for yourselves if you doubt me). Warm weather is my enemy and my health suffers a lot in warm weather. While I suffer year round, it's still much worse in warm weather than it is in cold weather.
Jason Forman
End of winter is music to my ears-Thank God and good ridens!!!!
Rocco Salvemini ·
We will be getting the summer clothes out in April or perhaps sooner
Matthew White ·
I think winter will make another appearance after the warm up next week, you never know. smile emoticon
Rocco Salvemini ·
I doubt it. Weather.com says it will be much above average starting nxt wk n through the spring
Matthew White ·
Rocco Salvemini ok so this is the last gasp of winter, i hope next winter has more snow.
John Watson
Is
the negative AO and NAO going to play a role in the upcomming weather
over the next few weeks? Everybody is predicting a significant warmup
but the AO and NAO are trending in the negative direction.
James Anthony Hines ·
It's
delusional for winter lovers to think that winter is not over so far as
that somehow Winter will surprise you and make that last minute
comeback. The reality check is that El Nino was a powerful event, {side
note: it would be interesting to note the suns activity during the
event}, during the winter of 2015-16. It started warm and it will end
warm, and will be known as the snow bust of 2016 for most of Eastern
North America. Already meterologists are hinting at well above Spring
temperatures and the heat and dryness to be focused more on the east
then the west during a potential non st...See More
Andrew R. McCloskey
At
most there will be a couple of days in a row that are seasonably
cool/chilly, but they will be dwarfed by the amount of
warmer-than-normal days strung together.
Paul Berger ·
Cannot
complain much if we get some snow here in NYC. According to my
calculations we just completed the 2nd warmest December-February period
since 1869 when records were first kept. I underweighted February and
equal weighted December and January for obvious reasons. I came up with
41.1 degrees F. not far off the record of 41.5 degrees F. set in
December 2001- February 2002.
December 2001- February 2002.
Michael Croune ·
Alex
makes a good point. Snow, at least time of the year, must come down
quick and heavy to accumulate. Live from Delaware * * * * *
Grant McGuire ·
Still doubtful that winter will come to a clear end; not with this roller coaster pattern
Michael Pannoni
Disagree.
Accuweather has shown a graphic and mentioned that its usually three
steps up and two steps down. Later next week will feature the warmest
air of the season (60s for you and possibly 70s for me) for many places,
while the cool down folling this warm up will only mean 40s and 50s
most likely compared to the 30s and 40s for this weekend. This is
definitely classic early spring weather, a mix of winter and weather
typically found after baseball's opening day. This is quite a bit
different from the past few Marches that truly felt like an extension of
winter, and there are crocuses blooming in my front yard already. This
for many areas will be the "onion snow". That said, most will remember
this as the "blink and miss it winter", because of its late start after
the holiday decorations were put away and now already seen as over to
many folks after the weather of the past few days.
Grant McGuire ·
I
don't agree with you. I still say we will see wintry days into early
April (i.e. highs stuck in the 30s). This forecast reminds me of summer
2014, when they kept saying a "major warm up" was "7-10 days away," and
it never happened.
James Anthony Hines ·
Grant
McGuire They said that Feburary would be the best chance for the east
coast to get winter, some even said that it would be closer to normal
values then the rest of winter. What we got was the exact opposite,
though there were a few days of record cold, unless you lived in
northern New England then you got almost no snow during that brief cold
snap. And that record breaking cold snap was preceded by very mild air
before the 10th, then from the 16th on record breaking heat, and a major
shift westward negating the development of nor-easters transpired.
Therefore the prediction flopped b...See More
Just
stop this already. My local weather forecaster has said today that in
my area of OH, we will not get any accumulating snow because the ground
has been too warm. I believe his forecast over yours.
Alex Sosnowski ·
It
depends on two things related to timing...1. If it snows hard, it can
accumulate during the day. 2. If it snows at night, even at a light
rate, it can accumulate.
Michael Croune ·
Heather, wake up lol... Snow, if coming down hard, can accumulate. Remember March 16th Last year. we got 5-6 Inches.
My point is that it's not going to hit my area--and it didn't. YOU people wake up.
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