For the first time in two years, the National Weather Service issued a “winter storm warning” for snow, calling for 4 to 6 inches on Saturday, with inch-an-hour rates possible during early morning.
Unless scores of computer model runs have been out to sea, Philadelphia is in for its most snow-covered — and perhaps brightest — winter weekend in years.
Granted, the bar isn’t particularly impressive, but “it’s at least possible” that when the final totals are in Saturday morning, Philly will have had its biggest accumulation since the beginning ofsaid Bob Larson, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. It hasn’t had a significant snow on a weekend since the winter before that.In fact, the 0.6 inches of slop measured at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday was double what fell all of last winter.
The snow, which was due to begin late Friday night or shortly after midnight, was forecast to end by midmorning. “It’s a quick-hitter,” said Michael Silva, a lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly. In addition, it would be getting a jolt from strong upper-level winds that would increase the snow rates, said Paul Dorian, meteorologist with the Arcfield forecasting service.The storm shouldn’t be terribly disruptive since the bulk of it is likely to fall when most people don’t have to be anywhere.
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