Full Notification

Issued by The National Weather Service
Philadelphia, PA
6:04am EST, Fri Jan 22
... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 6 TO 12 INCHES, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOSTLY INLAND FROM THE COAST.
* TIMING... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD MIX WITH AND THEN BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SOME RAIN FOR A TIME SATURDAY, THEN QUICKLY BACK OVER TO SNOW EARLY SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* WINDS... NORTHEAST INCREASING LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES... MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES... REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS... AN INITIAL BURST OF SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HOWEVER, AS THE SNOW MIXES WITH SLEET AND RAIN FOR A TIME SATURDAY IT WILL MAKE IT VERY HEAVY AND WET. AS IT TURNS COLDER SATURDAY EVENING, SNOW SHOULD BECOME DRIER AND WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SHOVELING MAY BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AILMENTS. SNOW MAY CLING TO WIRES AND TREES WHICH COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE IN SOME AREAS DUE TO SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES PER HOUR DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED, STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
More Information
... A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...
.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF OUR AREA.
Other Alerts in the Vicinity