Next rounds of snow target the winter-weary East, late-week storm could cause travel trouble

PHILADELPHIA – Two much rounds of snow are expected aboriginal this week crossed the winter-weary eastbound U.S., including parts of the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. While neither tempest is expected to battalion accumulations approaching last week's historical wintertime storm, the 2nd of the upcoming 2 systems volition beryllium accompanied by wind gusts that could origin travel delays alongside the unshakable arctic chill that has galore cities crossed the East connected way for their coldest wintertime successful caller years.

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Midweek snowfall to clip Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic; rainfall to assistance melt remaining crystal crossed the South

Timing: Tuesday nighttime done Wednesday

A anemic clipper system volition dive retired of Canada and pat into moisture streaming northbound from the Gulf, bringing a coating of snowfall from parts of Indiana eastbound done New Jersey connected Tuesday nighttime into Wednesday.

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, snowfall totals are expected to enactment astir an inch oregon less, with somewhat higher amounts imaginable lone successful the higher elevations of the Appalachians.

This is already 1 of the snowiest wintertime seasons successful caller years for places crossed the Ohio Valley, including Cincinnati, Ohio, which has received 24.4 inches of snow, much than 11 inches supra average.

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Meanwhile, rainfall is expected crossed the South, arsenic acold northbound arsenic Tennessee and North Carolina. This rainfall could assistance melt lingering crystal from past week's devastating and deadly crystal storm — powerfulness outages stay crossed pockets of Mississippi and Tennessee.

Late-week clipper could interaction question crossed Northeast, Great Lakes

Timing: Late Thursday done Saturday

A stronger clipper is expected to determination crossed the Great Lakes and Northeast precocious Thursday, with parts of the Interstate 95 corridor apt seeing snowfall opening sometime Friday day into aboriginal Saturday.

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1–3 inches of snowfall are expected crossed the Great Lakes and Northeast, with higher amounts favored successful elevated terrain, according to the FOX Forecast Center.

"Forecast details volition proceed to beryllium refined arsenic the lawsuit draws closer," the Forecast Center said Monday. 

FOX Weather meteorologists besides highlighted that upwind gusts betwixt 30–40 mph are expected to travel this system.

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Those gusts are beardown capable to nutrient snowfall squalls and abrupt visibility reductions for drivers connected Friday day and evening.

The strategy is expected to determination disconnected the northeastern seashore by Sunday, but whether it concisely strengthens and develops into a coastal tempest oregon rapidly exits remains thing of an unfastened question.

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