Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 - Morning Weather Discussion

The impending storm will be bringing devastating freezing rain to Northern Georgia, Northwestern South Carolina, and Central North Carolina today, with heavy snow in Western North Carolina.

Tonight and tomorrow the storm will start moving northward along the East Coast, brining heavy snow to Western North Carolina, Western Virginia, Western Maryland, including Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern New Jersey, Southeastern New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts (excluding southeastern sections), Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.  In these areas there will be widespread 10-20 inch amounts, with isolated amount of up to 25 inches possible.

In the Northern New Jersey area the snow should start between 10 pm and midnight tonight and will end between 3 am and 5 am on Friday morning.  In Northeastern New Jersey there is a possibility that the snow could mix with or change to sleet for a few hours at the height of the storm on Thursday afternoon, prior to changing back to snow by evening.  Accumulations in Northern New Jersey (north of about Rt. 78), in Southeastern New York, as well as Eastern Pennsylvania (excluding extreme Southeastern Pennsylvania), should receive 10-20 inches with the possibility of localized accumulations of up to 25 inches, especially in Northwest New Jersey. 

Winds will also be a problem, gusting 30-40 mph, with gusts over 50 mph likely along the coast, with some coastal flooding possible.

The heavy wet snow, combined with strong winds may lead to some localized power outages.

This is a picture the publisher of the Sanford Herald newspaper in Sanford, North Carolina sent me of the snow that fell there yesterday.  If you did not get a chance, click here to read the article that I was in yesterday in their paper.