7:00 AM | **Monday Mid-Atlantic Snowstorm**

6-Day Forecast

Today

Snow, heavy at times, possibly mixed with sleet and rain at times, breezy, cold, 3-6 inches in the N and W suburbs with 2-4 inches in Philly, temperatures generally holding in the low-to-mid 30’s

Tonight

Snow or a mixture of snow, sleet and rain winds down this evening, windy, cold, lows in the upper 20’s

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, still breezy and cold, low-to-mid 40’s

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, cold, upper 20’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 40’s

Thursday

Mostly sunny, cold, mid 40’s

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cold, mid-to-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 around here. 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 heavily at times 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 pile up today and early tonight in the northern and western suburbs (Chester, Bucks and Montgomery Counties) on the order of 3-6 inches and 2-4 inches are likely in the city of Philadelphia. The interior sections of South and Central New Jersey could end up being a hot spot in terms of snowfall from this intensifying storm with 6 inches or more possible in that region. 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.

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