Nor'easter bearing down on region
2-4 inches of snow in Philly, gusts up to 55 m.p.h. at Shore possible
Nor'easter bearing down on region
For days the European forecast model has foreseen a potent winter storm forming off the Atlantic coast, and now the short-term models are in accord.
This is likely to be a volatile and fluid situation, and expect forecast changes while the storm is raging.
The current National Weather Service forecast is calling for the storm to begin affecting the region Thursday night and to linger well into Saturday.
The precipitation is expected to start as snow, then change to rain, and then back to snow again during the early morning hours of Saturday.
How much accumulates will depend on how two different systems interact when they consolidate somewhere off the Carolina coast.
But the thinking is that about 2 to 4 inches will accumulate in and around Philly -- which would make it the biggest of the season -- with up to 6 inches in far northern Bucks County.
As our online story suggests, Boston could get creamed, with up to 2 feet possible in southern New England, where the precipitation will be heavier, and whiter.
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly is saying that winds could gust to 55 m.p.h. at the Shore, and to 40 m.p.h. inland.
And don't forget the shots at Home Depot with all the salt, snow blowers and snow shovels gone from the shelves....— DelawareRiverRat- Get ready for 72 straight hours of the storm of the century coverage featuring Sheena Parveen and Hurricane Schwartz starting at 11.— Taxpaying Voter
- Kacie McDonnell of Fox Mornings! WOW!!! — Mortimer G Fingenfinderstein III
- uh uh uhhhhhh— Markitup
- European model? Don't you mean the ACME model to get people to buy the makings for French Toast? I guess that is where the European comes into play. Will believe it when I see it. As for those who want to panic...go for it, if you want to buy into the media hype, or you could simply wait a few hours before you venture out this weekend to buy your groceries.— FletcherT
- Sheena Parveen has an annoying voice and wears a wonderbra! The only hot weather chick around here was Maria la Rosa, and she's gone!— gregneff62
- She's on The Weather Channel. — wilron
- ****no snow**** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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... ......... ........ .... . . . . .. .— MooseBreathMints - @grefneff62...you could always put something in her mouth to get her not to talk...— FletcherT
- Going for Bread, Milk and Eggs is so 2007.
I am pitching my tent in a Wawa.
You will see me on all the breathless weather reports.
Sheena! Kacie! I am waiting...— Cazptain Philadelphia - Milk, bread and eggs = French toast, Yum. Not just for snow storms or breakfast for that matter. Whenever snow is forecasted. everyone runs to the grocery store :)
Have to love East Coasters!— velvetblonde - They sell Genny Cream Ale in Delaware. I have 5 cans in my fridge!— Imbaldy
- Yawn. In NYC they're predicting Thursday to be sunny, rain for Friday, then a 40% chance of snow on Saturday.— p-diddy
- Gotta love the caption on the picture from "Christiansburg, Via."— jr1
Tony Wood has been writing about the atmosphere for The Inquirer for 26 years. E-mail Tony here. And read all his columns here.
