Late Week Storm

There’s still a few differences in “model land” with regard to timing and placement of low pressure, but there’s enough agreement now to make some first guesses.

There’s a tremendous amount of moisture and lift moving westward into the state from Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning. The heaviest snow (over 8 inches) will be focused in the Laurel Highlands, with lighter amounts (over 5 inches) northward along the 219 corridor.

East of I-99 snowfall totals will be much lighter (less than 5 inches) from Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

We will also see wind gusts up to 50mph from Thursday night into Friday afternoon, causing quite a bit of blowing and drifting snow. The winds will be gusty over all of the Alleghenies, with the highest gusts south of I-80. This storm will feature the worst winds we have seen so far this winter.

I’ll update this post tomorrow night with specific snow amounts and timeframes.