Late-Weekend Snow to Sweep From Minneapolis to Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

January 23,2015; 11:15PM,EST

 

 

After a snowstorm affects the Northeast early this weekend, an Alberta Clipper will spread a swath of accumulating snow and slippery travel through the Midwest later in the weekend.
As is the case with many storms originating from western Canada, the storm will be deprived of moisture as it moves southeastward across the northern Plains Saturday night.
As the storm moves from the northern Plains to the Ohio Valley, a swath of 3-6 inches of snow is expected through Sunday afternoon. The heaviest precipitation will fall to the north of the low pressure center. Any shift in the track of the low will change the zone of the heaviest snowfall.

Cities that may get enough snow to shovel and plow on Sunday include Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and Madison, Wisconsin.
Motorists negotiating the I-80/90 corridor should expect slippery and snow-covered roads along the way from Chicago to Cleveland.

Airline passengers may experience delays due to deicing operations at some of the airports in the region.
Farther south, from portions of Iowa to the Ohio Valley, more of a wintry mix and rain are in store for part of the storm, including Indianapolis; Cincinnati; Springfield, Illinois; and Des Moines, Iowa. However, these locations can pick up an inch or two of snow toward the tail end of the storm.
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The same clipper system will bring snow to the central Appalachians Sunday night. There is the potential for some snow to reach right to the mid-Atlantic coast on Monday into Monday night.
If this storm strengthens significantly upon nearing the Atlantic coast, some locations in the I-95 mid-Atlantic could receive a few inches of snow. However, the strength of the system at that time is not set in stone. Stay tuned to Accuweather.com for further updates with this storm.