Friday Morning's Weather Discussion

The snow will start this morning around 7am and will become steady and moderate by around 10am, and heavy at times by around 1pm, and continue heavy at times through the night, ending between 5am and 6am tomorrow morning. The storm today is going to be quite significant, with near blizzard conditions throughout our area by late this afternoon and through tonight.  It looks as if we may just miss the worst of the storm. The worst of the snow may remain just slightly to our east for Long Island, Connecticut, and Eastern Massachusetts.  Our area should still see a general 10-18 inches of snow with the lower amounts in western sections along the Delaware River and the higher amounts in eastern sections along the Hudson River, with locally higher amounts possible throughout the area.  Please be sure to be off the roads by late this afternoon and be prepared for the possibility of some localized power outages, keeping in mind that if there are power outages the line workers may not be able to get out making repairs until at least Sunday.  In addition, Sunday morning lows are expected to be in the mid to upper single digits, so make sure you have an alternate heat source if necessary.  After this storm passes, we will have to watch for the possibility of some freezing rain developing around 4am on Monday morning as another storm approaches our area.  The temperatures should warm above freezing by around 8am on Monday, but there could be some ice accumulations in our area for the Monday morning commute.  Then we have to turn our eyes toward a possible snowstorm for Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning, although the models disagree on just how close this storm will get to our area, so I have it listed as just a slight chance of snow right now.  We will need to keep a close eye on that potential.  Then we need to turn our eyes to yet another possible developing storm along the Gulf of Mexico next Saturday that could possibly turn into yet another powerful Nor’easter to affect our area for next Sunday.  Check back for updates.