A powerful low pressure system near Cape Hatteras is spread snow from eastern Tennessee and Kentucky through western North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and on up the East Coast to Maine.
A litany of Winter Storm Warnings covers much of the region, with blizzard warnings now for the Baltimore/Washington area and northern Virginia, Long Island and eastern Massachusetts.
A snow emergency declared in Washington DC area. Could see 12-22 inches in D.C., Baltimore, eastern Maryland, northern Virginia. 9 inches already in Annapolis.
Heavy snow bands across northern Virginia, Marylnd, into southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania will drop snow at the rate of 2-3 inches per our in spots over the next few hours.
Snow is trending down down over Southwestern Virginia. Roanoke already 15.5 inches. 21 inches at Raenelle in Greenbrier County, WV. Lots of power lines and trees down in this area.
There has been a bit of a snow drought in DC since the February 2003 President’s Day storm that dumped 16.2 inches at Reagan National Airport. Baltimore established as all time record in that same storm with 28.2 inches.
It should establish record December snow in Baltimore and Washington. From the NWS Sterling: THE RECORD DECEMBER SNOWFALL FOR WASHINGTON IS 12.0 INCHES ON 18-19 DECEMBER
1932…AND FOR BALTIMORE TO RECORD IS 14.1 INCHES ON 12-13 DECEMBER 1960.
Thundersnow last night in Richmond…7 inches on ground there. Has changed over to freeing rain and light rain. Another 5-7 inches as the precipitation changes back over to all snow.
Philadelphia expecting 12-16 inches. Over 200 flights canceled at Philadelphia International.
Nothing in New York City…yet. A Winter Storm Warning for the City with a Blizzard Warning for Long Island. 8-14 inches of snow expected in the Big Apple. Gusts to 50 mph on Long Island will create blizzard conditions.
Bliard warnings for the Cape and parts of eastern Massachusetts. Boston expecting 8-12 inches of snow by Sunday night, with Winter Storm Warnings in effect.
