Synopsis:
Low pressure over the Ohio Valley will begin to transfer it’s energy to a developing storm over coastal North Carolina tonight. On and off light to moderate snow will continue tonight. A few to several inches of snow is likely by morning depending on your location. Winds will pickup late tonight.
A major snowstorm will affect much of the region Monday into Tuesday. The computer models continue agreement that a storm intensify off the Mid-Atlantic coast on Monday and only slowly drift up and off our coastline through Tuesday. This is a classic track for a snowstorm in the metropolitan area. The sharp cutoff of the accumulating snow continues to be over Eastern Long Island and coastal NJ. A mix may occur here, even plain rain for a time over Southern NJ. Elsewhere heavy snow is expected.
Winter Storm Warnings are up now for the entire tri-state area. The “3rd Call” possible snow amounts have been posted above. A foot of snow and then some is likely for a majority of the region. Some areas may receive 20″+. The possible snow amounts will be fine tuned throughout the storm.
The storm will likely be of long duration -over 36 hours , continuing on and off through Tuesday. The brunt of the storm will be Monday afternoon and Night. Winds could gusts over 50mph at the coast. Blizzard-like conditions can be expected during this time. Snowfall rates of 1″-3″/hr are likely. Visibility will be reduced to near zero (whiteout conditions) at times and thunder snow is possible. Coastal flooding will also occur at times of high tide.
The storm will pull away from the East coast Wednesday. The sun will return and it will be time to dig out.
Stay Tuned.
Keep it here for a nonsense, no hype forecast.
Tonight:
Periods of snow. Lows in the mid 20s in the City, the upper teens inland. Becoming windy late. Northeast winds increasing to 15-25mph.
Monday:
Snow. Heavy at times. Mix South changing back to snow later in the day. Windy. Highs within a few degrees of freezing. Northeast winds at 2-40mph with gusts to 55mph at the coast.
Tuesday:
On and off snow. A mix possible at the coast. Windy. Highs around freezing.
Wednesday:
Partly sunny. Windy. Highs in the mid 30s.
Thursday:
Mostly sunny. Seasonal . Highs in the upper 30s.
Friday:
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Milder. Highs in the lower 40s.