Major Snowstorm Sunday Night Through Monday
Good evening, everyone! A light mix of snow and sleet will continue tonight, with a little freezing drizzle possible as well. There’s a band of moderate snow currently making its way through the capital district and the midcoast, which should be gone by 9 PM. Eventually, precipitation will isolate to just the coast, where ocean effect wintry precipitation is likely to continue through tomorrow morning. Expect it to remain slippery. Lows will range from 4 to 19 degrees.
Sunday will start off mostly dry and cloudy. An ocean effect mix of precipitation is likely to be ongoing across coastal areas, with snow the dominant precipitation type. Expect slippery travel to continue on secondary roads there. Sunday morning would be a good time to do any last minute storm preparations as well as clear out snow from today to make room.
Sunday afternoon snow will begin to move into the area. It may start as a mix of snow and rain across the York county coast where an east wind will allow warming into the mid 30s during the day Sunday. The rest of the area will start off with light snow at first, progressively getting heavier through the evening. High temperatures Sunday will range from 16 to 34 degrees.
Sunday night the real show begins. Low pressure will form off of Long Island and rapidly strengthen as it tracks northeastward along the New England coastline and into the Gulf of Maine by early Monday morning. Expect heavy snow for much of the night Sunday, with the heaviest early Monday morning. By late Sunday evening anywhere along the southwest coast that was above freezing will be back below freezing and seeing heavy snow. Icy spots are likely underneath the snow, making driving even more treacherous Moderate to heavy snow will continue through Monday morning. Winds will pick up out of the north early Monday morning, with gusts to 50 miles per hour likely along the coast for much of the day on Monday, allowing for significant blowing and drifting of snow. In fact, a few sites along the coast are likely going to report blizzard conditions for at least an hour or two. Travel will be extremely treacherous, if not impossible, late Sunday into Monday morning.
Winds will be northerly so major coastal flooding isn’t expected, but there’s potential for some minor splash-over with high tides Sunday night and Monday for coastal communities, since winds will be gusting to 50 miles per hour and seas will be very high.
While the heavy snow will be over by Monday afternoon, light snow and blowing/drifting are likely to continue through the evening hours. Travel will be improving during this time, but still isn’t advised, it’ll probably remain slippery out through at least Tuesday morning.
Snowfall totals haven’t changed a whole lot, though most areas did increase with this update. I now expect much of the coastline to see 17 to 20 inches of snow. It’s possible that when all is said and done I up that again as well. Much of the southern portion of the area should see 14–17 inches, and again there’s potential that I’ll up those numbers tomorrow morning should current trends continue. Northern areas and the mountains will see a decent storm, with many seeing above 8 inches there as well.
Have a great evening and be careful on the roads tonight, it’s very slippery out. I’ll be back Sunday morning with an update on the major snowstorm Sunday night into Monday. Thanks for your support!
