Emerges off the virginias and to the northeast and heavy snow north and west of that storm and this is a great track if you want to see a lot of snow. A winter storm warning is posted for most of our area and south jersey and delaware under a Winter Weather advisory. And the warning is the threat for heavy accumulating snow. We are fine tonight and snow is arriving after midnight around 1 00 in the morning and areas northwest and 4 00 in the morning at the coast and philadelphia areas south and east it starts as rain and then the system pulls in cold air and heavy snow by 5 00 and the rain changes to snow along the coast by 9 00 and this is a quick hitting storm no blocking high to keep it here and ending between 10 00 and 1 00 and the height of the storm between 5 00 and 9 00, this is when you get the most vertical motion, lift. 1 to 2 inches per hour and whiteout conditions and the possibility of thundersnow, a day after it felt like april. For more on that lets head to adam joseph.
Timing of the snow. Kate we made a few tweaks to the timeline just because it does look as though the system is coming in a bit faster than it looked a few hours ago. You can see it on stormscan 3, weve snow falling in State College of. About 2 00 maam. We originally said 2 00 to 5. We will be seeing precipitation across the area scattered showers starting to pop up over portions of delaware. This is coming in fast and furious, that means it will be out sooner probably by about noon, you can see where the heavy snow is it issing up. Heavy bands over pittsburgh and this is pushing eastward heavy rains to the south and there is that changeover line that will be so crucial as we head into the day tomorrow. The winter storm warnings going into effect through overnight. Will continue until 4 00 unless they drop it early depending on when the storm moves out. You can see all the pink the vast majority of our area covered by that winter storm warning its a Winter Weather advisory for extreme
Pennsylvania, it will leave us with most snow weve seen so far. Good evening, im Ukee Washington im jessica dean. A snow emergency is in effect for philadelphia. Government offices in the region are already closing, and a lot of kids will have the day off tomorrow. Philadelphia Public Schools joined the citys archdiocese schools and announced they too will be closed tomorrow. There are also more than 200 other closings and delays showing at the bottom of your screen we have live team three coverage of the storm, alexandria hoff has more, but we start with kate bilo who has the latest track and also the latest timing of the snow. Kate we made a few tweaks to the timeline just because it does look as though the system is coming in a bit faster than it looked a few hours ago. You can see it on stormscan 3, weve snow falling in State College of. About 2 00 maam. We originally said 2 00 to 5. We will be seeing precipitation across the area scattered showers starting to pop up over portions
Offices and government offices in camden county, like camden city hall. Drivers should be careful during the storm. We have Team Coverage tracking the storm neighborhood by neighborhood. With ebegin with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. What can we expect . Well be getting a pretty big snowstorm in time for the morning rush. I know it was in the 60s today. It doesnt seem like its possible, but it is. It has happened before. Most recently about ten years ago. If its happened before, it can happen again. And all indications are it will. Heaviest snow between 5 00 and 9 00 a. M. Peak snow at two to three inches per hour, with possible thunder snow, low visibilities, making travel really treacherous for at least a short period of time. About 1 30, 2 00 in the morning, the snow is already starting in the Lehigh Valley and berks county. Eventually rain will change over, close to a changeover in parts of the philadelphia area. By 6 00 a. M. , its clearly changed over to snow. And
Reporter youve got to wonder where tbs is on its current events. Do they underinstant the river looks like this these days . Have they heard about a couple other cleveland championships . Oh, then theres that hugely successful rnc right here in the cle. It is so sad. It is so not representative of who we are as a community and a region, and theyre going to be pleasantly surprised when they arrived. Reporter i did tweet with the sports announcer on the far left so says i have a ton of love forve radar would know that. He would comment on tbss decision to do this but some fans would say it almost makes sense if you watched their coverage lately. The whole postseason theyve just been, like, picking on the indians and saying theyre not going to make it through. Reporter so while collectively sounding off is a great way to get our message out to tbs the best way would be to keep on bringing in the wins. Hopefully we will do that. Anyone else has to say about our indians. Mark thank you. In