Winter storm will bring 6-12 inches of heavy wet snow, gusty winds Wednesday
The crux of the storm occurs Wednesday in terms of both snow and wind, with periods of snow, some heavy at times, pretty much from sunrise to sunset. The heaviest snow is most likely to occur from mid-morning through mid-afternoon on Wednesday, and some bands of very heavy snow with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour likely setting up across parts of far eastern Pennsylvania and much of northern New Jersey.
Winds will crank up as well, but not to the level of the intense 60 mile-per-hour northwesterly gusts we had from the last storm. This time, winds will blow briskly from the northeast, sustained up to 20 miles-per-hour and gusting at times to 30 to 40 miles-per-hour. While not as strong as last week, the combination of the blustery winds and the heavy and wet snow accumulating on power lines and trees (some weakened by last week’s storm) means that additional power outages and tree damage are both possible. The wind may not be as intense this time around, but for most of us outside the Poconos, the snow with this week’s storm will be heavier.
Most of eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey is under a winter storm warning for later tonight through Wednesday for the likelihood of at least six inches of snow. In fact, our snowfall forecast calls for a widespread 6 to 12 inches of snow across the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos, all of North Jersey, and most of southeastern to Pennsylvania to around Philadelphia. Within that large area there will likely be a swatch of locally more than 12 inches of snow, especially over North Jersey and far eastern Pennsylvania and especially where those heavier snow bands set up shop for a few hours.
South and east of the I-95 corridor, rain and sleet are expected to factor in for a longer time and therefore less snow is expected, with 3-6” across interior South Jersey and 1-3” along the shore. Winter storm watches continue in these areas due to the rain/snow line uncertainty. Farther west across Schuylkill, Lebanon, and Lancaster counties, there will be a sharp western cutoff to the steadiest snows, but just where this cutoff sets up and how sharp it is still remains a bit uncertain. In those aforementioned counties, snowfall totals will be greatest in eastern reaches of said counties and then steadily decrease as you travel west. Winter storm watches continue here due to the uncertainty of that western snowfall gradient.
Winds will crank up as well, but not to the level of the intense 60 mile-per-hour northwesterly gusts we had from the last storm. This time, winds will blow briskly from the northeast, sustained up to 20 miles-per-hour and gusting at times to 30 to 40 miles-per-hour. While not as strong as last week, the combination of the blustery winds and the heavy and wet snow accumulating on power lines and trees (some weakened by last week’s storm) means that additional power outages and tree damage are both possible. The wind may not be as intense this time around, but for most of us outside the Poconos, the snow with this week’s storm will be heavier.
Most of eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey is under a winter storm warning for later tonight through Wednesday for the likelihood of at least six inches of snow. In fact, our snowfall forecast calls for a widespread 6 to 12 inches of snow across the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos, all of North Jersey, and most of southeastern to Pennsylvania to around Philadelphia. Within that large area there will likely be a swatch of locally more than 12 inches of snow, especially over North Jersey and far eastern Pennsylvania and especially where those heavier snow bands set up shop for a few hours.
South and east of the I-95 corridor, rain and sleet are expected to factor in for a longer time and therefore less snow is expected, with 3-6” across interior South Jersey and 1-3” along the shore. Winter storm watches continue in these areas due to the rain/snow line uncertainty. Farther west across Schuylkill, Lebanon, and Lancaster counties, there will be a sharp western cutoff to the steadiest snows, but just where this cutoff sets up and how sharp it is still remains a bit uncertain. In those aforementioned counties, snowfall totals will be greatest in eastern reaches of said counties and then steadily decrease as you travel west. Winter storm watches continue here due to the uncertainty of that western snowfall gradient.
Source: latimes
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