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Arctic Blast and Moisture-Fed Clippers Set Up Weekend Snow Chance for I-95

Forecasters cite Pacific moisture plus an incoming Arctic surge as the drivers increasing snowfall potential across the Midwest, Appalachians and Northeast.

Gapstow Bridge is one of the icons of Central Park, Manhattan in New York City after snow storm
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Overview

  • The Weather Prediction Center and National Weather Service posted winter alerts and issued blizzard warnings for parts of West Virginia and western Maryland through Thursday morning.
  • The first clipper spread 3 to 6 inches from the Upper Midwest into northern New England, with up to a foot in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan and gusts near 45 mph.
  • Lake-effect snow warnings in western New York call for an additional 6 to 10 inches in the most persistent bands and hazardous travel through early Friday.
  • A second, more southerly clipper could deliver the season’s first accumulating snow to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, with the best window Saturday night into Sunday.
  • Higher elevations in eastern West Virginia and western Maryland may total 6 to nearly 18 inches from the two storms by early Friday, according to forecasters.