7:00 AM | **Mid-Atlantic snowstorm as coastal low intensifies rapidly**

6-Day Forecast

Today

Snow developing later this morning, possibly mixed with sleet and rain at times, breezy, cold, temperatures holding in the 30’s

Tonight

Snow this evening, windy, total accumulations on the order of 2-5 inches, cold, lows in the low 30’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, still breezy and cold, low-to-mid 40’s

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, cold, low 30’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s

Thursday

Mostly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, upper 40’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cold, upper 40’s

Discussion

A major springtime snow event is underway in the Mid-Atlantic region and it could turn out to be the biggest snowstorm in a couple of years for places to our south like in Philadelphia. A strong storm is intensifying along the Mid-Atlantic coast this morning as energy transfers from a weakening primary low over the Ohio Valley. As a result, snow will fall today, possibly mixed with sleet and rain on occasion and the winds will intensify out of the northeast as the day progresses. Accumulations of heavy, wet snow should end up in the 2-5 inch range by later this evening when it winds down. The combination of the heavy, wet snow and increasing NE winds could cause some power outages throughout the Mid-Atlantic region from this coastal storm by late tonight. Once this storm passes by late tonight, the bulk of the week will remain colder-than-normal and on the dry side.

Video

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