Surface Chart, Radar and Satellite
The storm
brought the conditions that have been talked about yesterday afternoon and last
night. Snow amounts we’re more or less
what was expected, but some saw less and some saw more, but that is typically
for this type of storm for this time of year.
There was also severe weather with all of this, as a line of severe thunderstorms with embedded supercells moved through southeast Pennsylvania into the northern Middle Atlantic. The storm produced very heavy rain, damaging winds and widespread hail (some of it was golf ball sized). The NWS did issue some tornado warning. So far there have been two confirmed tornadoes, one was in in Eastburn Heights in New Castle County, DE and the other was in Burlington County, NJ near Bordentown.
Today
We have our coastal currently setting off the
New Jersey Coast, dragging in this colder Canadian air, as it continues to
develop. We also have an upper-level low that is developing over the region. On
radar we can see snow still falling across northwest Pennsylvania, Southwest
into eastern New York State and parts of western New England, with rain falling
across southwest Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Long Island and southern and
southeastern New England. The snow is basically
confined to elevations of 1500 feet, but there is some snow in lower elevations
down to around 700 feet. But don’t be surprised if you see snowflakes mixing in
along the coast, no accumulation but flurries will indeed be possible.
This is the
coldest air so far of the season and it extends well to our south into the Gulf
States.
These
conditions will slowly improve today into tomorrow. With snow and rain clearing
west to east as the system crawls out to sea. Temperatures are going to be in
the teens to lower 20’s inland with temperatures along the Middle Atlantic and
southern New England coast in the 30’s. Winds are going to be gusty 5-15 mph with
gust of 20-40 mph during today and tomorrow, with the strongest at the coast.
If you go outside, it will be raw, damp and chilly. Sunday will see partly to mostly sunny skies
with chilly conditions still hanging around. Winds will still be breezy on
Sunday, but they won’t be near as gusty as today and tomorrow.
Northeast
Pennsylvania into Southeast New York State especially in the Poconos and
Catskills have seen several inches of wet snow, the Adirondacks and the Green and White Mountains also
saw a few inches of snow, more snow is likely to continue into tomorrow
morning.
Next Week, an upper-level ridge will move in and stay overhead for the entire week, so it is looking to be dry and tranquil, with temperatures warming and becoming mild. After next week, we look to see a pattern change and a return to winterly weather. I will be posting more on this pattern over the next few days.
Please feel
free to share what’s going on at your house!
