Inland as we go through overnight hours but height of the storm will be tomorrow morning. Lets take a look what this storm looks like right now. Locally cloud are increasing, after some sunshine to start the day, cloud increasing now this system approaches, this is a very, very large storm system. Very powerful storm system. It will rapidly deepen whether we call bomb out as we get through overnight and thomas it moves up eastern see game. You can see snow through carolinas, north and South Carolina getting heavier snow. Some spots seeing dangerous freezing rain. This is hugging coast and lifting northward. We have talked about the track of this storm. It would depend on the track. Track new does look closer to the coast, which means in other snow, for our region. Look at the winter alerts blanketing eastern seaboard, area you see in the pink color those are winter storm warnings for savanna, georgia up into maine. Along the coast you see red areas those are blizzard warnings and parts
Valley. Four to six in good swath through south jersey and our suburbs in philadelphia including philadelphia and six to ten as you head down the shore with wicked winds blowing snow, poor visibility. Huge problems down the shore. Lets take it down the shore to Chris Oconnell live in ventnor. Chris, youre definitely going to bear the brunt down there. Reporter certainly seems like it, kathy. Preparations in full swing down the shore here as residents are listening to what youre saying as a blizzard warning now in effect for atlantic, burlington and cape may counties. Weve been out here on the bay in ventnor. Take look behind me. I know its very dark out here but theres a stunning site. Something you dont see very often, and that is, a frozen back bay. In the distance you see atlantic city. But boaters take a look at video down here. Some say in parts of the bay ice was more than 6inches thick. This is something that does not happen very often, and that is on top of it a blizzard coming
West. Youll see winds but far less snow totals. Future tracker 6 showing here is the storm and timing it pulls up the eastern seaboard and rapidly intensifies off the coast and still hundreds of miles to the east. That has not changed but its so big it will push that precipitation shield a little farther west here and the worst of it will be tomorrow morning for that rush hour and then eastern new england is going to get whacked by this storm to large magnitudes. In fact for us here locally its a strong noreaster, beginning 10 00 p. M. To 2 00 a. M. A dangerous morning rush hour and tapers off late tomorrow afternoon. After that the dangerous windchills and record colds come in. We have cecily tynan here with more on that and the injection of cold air that the storm brings. Im waiting in the wings talking about the cold air to follow. As the storm system continues to push up to the canadian maritimes its deepening and strengthening as it does. Even as the snow stops falling we feel it
Is and how many massive it is. It had multiple centers and now a concentrated center so our computer models are getting a better grip and coming to a better consensus of the track of this storm. Look at this snow inland i just got a report from charleston, south carolina. 6inches of snow. So if charleston gets 6inches, you know that we can we could be in for it the storm will accelerate, intensify as it moves up and off the eastern seaboard. It will bomb out over new england and that means rapidlily intensify. There is a blizzard warning for our shore counties and also sussex county, delaware. A winter storm warning where you see the pink for philadelphia, south jersey and our adjacent suburbs and Winter Weather advisory as you go north and west further await from the storm but everybody sees the snow. Snow rates of one to 2inches an hour in that rapidly intensifying storm especially of course in that blizzard warning down the shore. Down the shore winds gusting to 50 miles an hour and
Heavy rain and the snow made it into our region. You can see what its doing right now, look at that storm, its just a beast. Look at the cloud cover all the way out to the atlantic ocean, a very large storm a very potent storm and it has not even peaked. The storm will get stronger tonight and through the day tomorrow. Heaviest snow right now is still off to the south but you can see heavy snowfall has started to really starting to invade southern new jersey, but its really started to pick up here in portions of coastal delaware. The dark before you were is where the steadiest is falling, its overcoming the dray air allowing for snow to star in the western suburbs, this is moving in now, we got awhile to go through night and through tomorrow morning especially thats when the heaviest snow will fort myers. Cape may county seeing steady snow, well check in with alexandria hoff more on that isnt a bit as we head to delaware you can see the dark purple shaking and indication of pretty heav