While residents in southcentral Pennsylvania are still dealing with the aftermath of a storm that dumped up to a foot of snow, AccuWeather.com and the National Weather Service predict that another storm will arrive this weekend.
Meteorologists are keeping an eye on a potential coastal storm that could deliver snow to South Central Pennsylvania.
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This comes as freezing temperatures are forecast for the weekend, preventing the snow on the ground from melting considerably.
The National Weather Service says a storm is anticipated to form off the coast, and meteorologist Barry Lambert advises the public to keep tuned to the prediction. The storm’s path has been predicted differently by several models.
“We’ll just have to wait and see,” he told us.
Kyle Elliott, director of Millersville University’s Weather Information Center, said in an email that a deep Arctic air mass would remain in the mid-Atlantic until early February.
“If a storm system were to interact with that bitterly cold air, precipitation would fall in the form of snow with significant accumulations possible,” he said. “I’m keeping an eye on one such ‘potential’ system this weekend, but odds currently favor it remaining suppressed well to our south and ultimately tracking out to sea.”
According to AccuWeather.com, meteorologists are considering two probable courses for the storm, which is predicted to develop around the Gulf Coast and proceed eastward.
If it takes longer to strengthen, the storm will go out to sea before turning northward, and the mid-Atlantic will not see any precipitation, according to AccuWeather.com. However, if the storm intensifies quickly and moves northward sooner, it will proceed up the East Coast.
“The rapidly strengthening storm could turn into a nor’easter and bring a risk of more widespread heavy snow from the mid-Atlantic to New England, with stronger winds than the last storm, especially along the coast,” as reported by AccuWeather.
This story has been updated with new information. Check back later as this is a developing story.
