By Kristina Pydynowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
March 8,2017, 3:36:43PM,EST
Snow arriving late this week will be the first of three disruptive snowstorms to parade through the midwestern and eastern United States in mid-March.
Over much of the next 10 days or so, cold weather will be more persistent than it has been during the past 10 weeks, relative to average. The pattern will pave the way for opportunities for snow."The first storm will spread snow from part of the lower Great Lakes region to the central Appalachians, the upper part of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England, prior to the end of the week," according to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams.
In some locations, the storm will begin as rain then transition to snow.
The area that stands the best chance of accumulating snow will be between Interstate 70 and I-90, with perhaps a few inches of snow along the I-80 corridor in the Appalachians and near I-95 in southern New England.
During Thursday night, along the I-80 corridor in Pennsylvania, the snow can fall at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour for a short time, which can quickly cover the road surface.
Road conditions will vary from wet and slushy in some areas to slushy and snow-covered in others.
"Morning rush hour could be slippery from parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, southern New York state and northern New Jersey to southern New England," Abrams said.
Motorists should allow extra time for their commute. Flight delays are likely, especially from Cleveland and Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.
No worse than a mixture of rain and snow is likely for the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. However, there can be some slushy roads for commuters well north and west of the cities.
Natural melting and treatment with ice-melting compounds should allow roads to be just wet during the afternoon.
In locations where the snow falls light enough during the day, it could have difficulty sticking to roads due to the stronger March sun.
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“Following the late-week snowfall, there can be additional threats this weekend and next week for portions of the Midwest, Northeast and South,” Abrams said.
A storm bears watching from early this weekend over part of the Midwest to late this weekend in the Eastern states, south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
The storm during Saturday night and Sunday could bring accumulating snow as far south as Tennessee and North Carolina.
Todd Mayle ·
Here It comes hold on
Arthur Yagudayev ·
The
next 8 days, we will se anywhere between 2 and 3 snow events with
greater than two inches of snow. The two biggest storms will be Tuesday
-Wednesday storm, which could bring anywhere from a couple of inches to
three feet! That will depend on whether the storm forms down around the
Carolinas, or closer to the Mid-atlantic/Northeast. The Further south it
forms, the more time it will deepen and possibly stall, giving the
Northeast a more prolonged storm, and the trend has been that way,
especially with the ECMWF with their ensembles and their operational as
well.
The GFS has also been more robust with the snowfall as well. NYC should get 8-12" from that storm, with Boston getting clsoe to two feet, since in NYC there might be more of a mix/water saturation in the snow, bringing down the snowfall-water ratio.
Then, we may have another storm, which will be weaker, but will have more cold air. That low will impact on Friday, only 48 hours after the previous storm!
The GFS has also been more robust with the snowfall as well. NYC should get 8-12" from that storm, with Boston getting clsoe to two feet, since in NYC there might be more of a mix/water saturation in the snow, bringing down the snowfall-water ratio.
Then, we may have another storm, which will be weaker, but will have more cold air. That low will impact on Friday, only 48 hours after the previous storm!
Dianne Hall
I
believe in our weather people (meteorologist) they are highly educated
more so than all you complainers... So just sit back and listen better
be safe than sorry �
Michelle Roach Parker ·
Keep it out of Central Illinois please 
😃😃
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Hannah Murphy ·
You guys are too much hype.
Arthur Yagudayev ·
Actually,
it is not hype. Nearly all the extremely accurate computer models are
predicting a major storm next Tuesday. Hype, or no hype, I go by what
the computer models say.
When one model says a big storm, write it off, but if all ofthem say a big storm, then it's a go, and so far off the big 3 computer models GFS, ECMWF, UKMET all of them show a big storm Tuesday, including the other models, which vary between 10 and 30 inches for New England. But, Maryland should not see much snow from the next three storms.
When one model says a big storm, write it off, but if all ofthem say a big storm, then it's a go, and so far off the big 3 computer models GFS, ECMWF, UKMET all of them show a big storm Tuesday, including the other models, which vary between 10 and 30 inches for New England. But, Maryland should not see much snow from the next three storms.
Gary Ball
Accuweather has always had a cold weather bias...Since the glory days of Joe Bastardi. Accuweather likes the cold and snow.
Alina Kennedy ·
snow in March...PLEASE!
Michelle Lydic ·
We've had some of our worst snow falls in March.
Scott A. Ettin ·
NYC has had only 1 true winter storm....it'd be nice to get one last doozy this weekend...then flip right into spring...
Linda Rusch ·
So far not one storm has happened the way predicted. Not complaining but I will wait and see.
Don Barthel ·
Send them South. We had our Share. Don't want to be selfish.
Lesley 'Carter' Maly ·
I always say I will believe it when I see it!
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