Another clipper storm to sweep northeastern US with accumulating snow

By Brett Rathbun, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist

April 3,2016; 9:42PM,EDT

 

 

More snow will fall across portions of the northeastern United States through Monday.
This system will take a similar track to the storm during Saturday and Saturday night which brought snow, rain, strong winds and a shot of arctic air from the Midwest to the Northeast.
A line of thunderstorms produced small hail and damaging winds from portions of eastern Pennsylvania into New Jersey and southern New England during Saturday night.
"There will be about a 15-hour break between the clipper from [Saturday] night and the next one on Sunday night," AccuWeather Meteorologist Michael Doll said.

Clipper storms are fast-moving storms that typically form over Alberta and swing across the Midwest and Northeast with snow, strong winds and a drop in temperatures.
Winds will be much weaker with this storm compared to the one on Saturday night. Winds could occasionally gust near 30 mph.
With cold air in place, snow will fall from Michigan to southern New England.
The steadiest snow will spread from the upper Great Lakes to southern Ontario, New York state and northern Pennsylvania into Sunday night, and then southern New England on Monday.
Enough snow will fall to cause travel delays on the road and in the air from Marquette, Michigan, to Buffalo and Albany, New York and Boston.

Motorists traveling along interstates 69, 75, 81, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95 and 96 should remain on alert for slippery road conditions and limited visibility in the heaviest bursts of snow.
Roads will become snow packed and slippery very quickly Sunday night. Any wet or slushy areas in northern Michigan from the daytime snow will freeze and turn icy rapidly around sunset.
The travel hazards come on the heels of a multi-vehicle accident shutting down I-88 near Schenevus, New York, on Sunday afternoon.
"Road conditions will improve after Monday's morning commute in New England, outside of any heavier bands of snow, as the strong April sun will make it difficult for light to moderate snow to stick on paved surfaces" AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said.
Snow swept through Chicago on Saturday afternoon. (Instagram photo/samanthaann44)
"In any intense snowfall, roads will turn slushy and slick for a time. Such heavier snow after the morning commute is likely to occur in the vicinity of Massachusetts border with Rhode Island and Connecticut and potentially to Boston, especially the southern suburbs."
Plunging temperatures Monday night will cause any wet or slushy areas on untreated roads and sidewalks in New England or southern New England to freeze.
Little or no snow will fall from Detroit and Pittsburgh to New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., from this system. Most of the precipitation in these areas will be in the form of rain. Should any snow showers occur, no accumulation is expected.
"The rain could delay or postpone the home openers for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles," Pydynowski said.
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Cold air more typical of winter will remain across the region through Tuesday. Temperatures Monday night will drop below freezing down to the northern and western suburbs of Washington, D.C.
"Philadelphia should record its first subfreezing temperature since March 5," Pydynowski said.
Milder air and rain will arrive by midweek, but will be short lived as another shot of cold air will arrive later this week and into the upcoming weekend. More snow could accompany the arrival of the next cold blast.
The month of April is typically a battleground between winter and spring. Drastic temperature swings are common as warm spells can quickly be erased by arctic air diving to the south.
"[As is] typical of April, there may be a back-and-forth fight going on in the atmosphere for a time," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.