Hello and happy Tuesday everyone. Yes, the rumors are true… The Northeast is expecting ANOTHER major winter storm. Snowfall accumulations through early Thursday could be around a foot or more in spots under Winter Storm Warnings. See the Watches and Warnings map below.

Megalopolis Mega-Storm

Here are the Winter Weather Headlines for the metropolitan areas in the Megalopolis: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C.

BOSTON

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING. THE WEDNESDAY EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BE QUITE MESSY
WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING.

NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY AFFECT THE CAPE ANN AREA
DOWN TO MARBLEHEAD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT
IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW
WILL BE WET ACROSS THE COAST AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER
OUTAGES. THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THIS STORM IS STILL ABOUT 24 HOURS AWAY. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK. IF THE SYSTEM MOVES A BIT FURTHER
NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH WOULD LIKELY
CONFINE THE HEAVY SNOW TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST.

THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW EXISTS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF
REACHING WARNING CRITERIA WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. THERE
ALSO IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO
RAIN FOR A TIME ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. IF THIS
HAPPENS IT WOULD CUT DOWN ON SNOW AMOUNTS IN THAT REGION.

NEW YORK

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM EST THURSDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND LONG ISLAND.

AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME
STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...AND THESE WINDS
CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG
WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

PHILADELPHIA

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
HEAD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THAT LOW WILL GIVE UP
ITS ENERGY TO A COASTAL STORM...WHICH WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...THIS NOR/EASTER IS FORECAST TO BE
INTENSIFYING STRONGLY JUST EAST OF OUR AREA...AND IS EXPECTED TO
BRING HEAVY SNOW TO A GOOD PART OF OUR AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
PERHAPS INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 95 THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES
TONIGHT...AND WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE FIRST HALF
OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THIS IS MORE LIKELY CLOSER TO THE
COAST. BUT AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE STORM EVEN THESE AREAS
ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 18
INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE NORTHERN EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND MUCH OF
NEW JERSEY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN TWO BURSTS ACROSS
THE REGION. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT WITH FOUR TO
EIGHT INCHES LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE BY THE MORNING COMMUTE
WEDNESDAY. THE SECOND SHOT WILL BE AN EVEN MORE INTENSE BURST OF
HEAVY SNOW WITH THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE ITSELF THAT SHOULD OCCUR
IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA...MARYLAND...AND DELAWARE DURING
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WEDNESDAY CONTINUES AND WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN MORE THAN WHAT
OCCURRED WITH THE WEEKEND SNOW STORM. AT AND NEAR THE ATLANTIC
SHORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS
WINDS INCREASE.

BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON D.C.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM
EST WEDNESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* TIMING...EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING AT THE ONSET THIS
  AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TODAY BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY
  15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY.

Predicted Snowfall Map

Record Breaking Snowfall Events/Season

This snowfall season has featured some very impressive storms, which have been record breaking by themselves, but a conglomerate of these storms is likely to send the snowfall season to record levels. After this storm, some spots are likely to have their snowiest winter season on record. The image below is from the last storm that dumped nearly 20″ to 30″ not more than a week ago in Bethesda, MD.

Washington D.C. has seen 45.1″ so far this season and currently at the 3rd snowiest season on record. The Snowiest Season was in 1898-99 with 54.5″

Baltimore, MD has seen 60.4″ so far this season and very close to the record of 62.5″ set in 1995-96.

The image below shows other locations and their snow so far this season:

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That’s all for now folks, thanks for checking in. Have a good Tuesday

Meteorologist Todd Nelson – WeatherNation LLC