Storm is expected to bring snow again to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
A fast-moving storm system was expected to bring several inches of snow to parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for the second time this week, with two to four inches forecast for New York City Friday through Saturday morning and up to 4 inches of snow. inches in parts of West Virginia and Maryland.
Dominic Ramunni, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New York, described the system that was expected to move through as a “quick hitter.”
“It will be in and out before people even wake up tomorrow morning,” Mr Ramunni said.
The heaviest snowfall totals were expected in parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and southern Pennsylvania, where a winter storm warning was issued for late Friday through Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Up to 10 inches of snow was possible in parts of Maryland and West Virginia, with snowfalls of up to 2 inches per hour at times. the weather service said.
Austin Mansfield, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Sterling, Virginia, said the snow can make travel difficult at times and reduce visibility.
“Any time you have a significant buildup like that, you certainly start to see the impacts on the roads in those areas,” he said.
Philadelphia could absorb four to six inches of snow, and Washington could see the snowfall totals ranging from two to three inches, forecasters said.
In New York City, where snow from a storm on Tuesday was still melting in parts of the area by Friday afternoon, a total of two to four inches of snow could fall, Mr. Ramunni said.
The storm system is expected to bring snow to some northeastern cities for the second time this week.
A storm that moved through the region on Tuesday dropped 3.2 inches in Central Park and more than eight inches of snow in parts of Maryland, according to the Weather Service.
Ahead of the expected snowfall over the weekend, New York City's Department of Emergency Management issued a warning travel advice for the entire citywarned that slick roads and reduced visibility were possible from late Friday into early Saturday.
Temperatures Friday through Saturday were expected to be lower than during Tuesday's storm, indicating New York City could see more powdery snow.
“We're not expecting the really heavy wet snow that we saw in this last event,” Mr Ramunni said. “You're not going to be shoveling bricks of cement tomorrow morning, so to speak.”
Snow has been a rarity in New York City in recent years. After 701 days without meaningful accumulation, a total of 1.5 inches fell in Central Park on January 15 and 16.
If more than 8.5 centimeters is recorded in Central Park on Saturday, it would be the city's highest snowfall in two years, Mr Ramunni said.
“As a snow lover,” he said, “my tail is wagging.”