First of multiple storms on the way to the East Coast will slam the mid-Atlantic

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Multiple winter storms are expected to hit the East Coast this week, but the first one's biggest impacts will sweep from West Virginia into the Delmarva Peninsula.

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00:00Dave, we got our hands full once again, this what we're calling the February

00:03frenzy continues. This is week two of it, more or less for this parade of

00:08storms across the northeast. Uh, so overall, as we look ahead to the

00:12impacts here, I'm gonna bring up some of the watches and warnings. You can

00:15see that we've got the winter storm warnings up here in the deep blue

00:18across D. C. What are you most concerned about in the short term for tomorrow

00:23is this first storm begins to take over?

00:26Yeah, like you said, I think this is really going to be a mid atlantic

00:29special here. A D. C. Baltimore, you know, 3 to 6 inches. And I think there

00:33will be areas, um, you know, in that region that get over six, maybe 678

00:39inches. And I think the timing of it is not going to be very favorable for the

00:44evening commute. The morning will be fine, but the evening commute could be

00:47a real mess in those areas. As you get up toward Philadelphia, we're looking

00:52at their kind of at the edge of the 3 to 6, maybe closer to the three than

00:55the six. And their snow is really not getting in here until pretty late in

01:00the day, maybe after four or five or so. So what will begin to impact the

01:05evening commute in Philadelphia, but not as much so as you will see in D. C.

01:09And in Baltimore, um, and you get to New York City, they're not gonna get

01:14their snow, uh, probably until Tuesday night. And they're looking at less

01:19there 2 to 4, with two, probably the more likely than the four. And Dave, as

01:26with recent storms, it's not 100% snow in all areas. So this is a colder

01:30storm track. There are a few areas in the interior of Virginia where we have

01:34some concerns about ice. Do you expect this to be a widespread problem? And

01:38who might it affect? Yeah, I think the areas are certainly going to be more

01:42suppressed to the south where they get the, uh, you know, to get the ice with

01:47this storm, just because we have a deeper cold layer. And that's why, you

01:50know, D. C. And Baltimore, Philadelphia, you're just getting snow out of this.

01:53But, yeah, I think that portion of central western Virginia, that's the

01:58area to watch. There'll be a zone in there that they get mostly ice out of

02:02this, and I think they have could have a pretty serious accretion of ice in a

02:07small area. And the number to beat, I think, is 6.8 inches for D. C. For the

02:12greatest snow so far this season. And you mentioned that areas like central

02:17Virginia in the line of fire here for some pretty decent snow. Do we think

02:20there will be more snow north or south of D. C.

02:24Uh, it's probably gonna be right around or just south of D. C. The way it's

02:28track tracking right now could actually be leaving a little bit to the west

02:31southwest. So we'll see how the banding sets up here, but it will certainly be,

02:36you know, within 10 15 20 miles at most of D. C. Proper. And there you have

02:42the Philadelphia forecast. As you hinted, we're kind of hedging our

02:45numbers near the lower end of that 3 to 6 inch range with the plows be out

02:49there into Philadelphia as well. But Dave, that's not the whole story.

02:52There's another storm that follows this one. How will this one at midweek

02:56Wednesday and Thursday behave?

02:59Yeah, this one's gonna be a much different character. We're gonna see a

03:02primary low pressure system, the main storm tracking up west of the

03:06mountains up to the Ohio Valley into the eastern Great Lakes. The storm

03:10probably ends up near Buffalo or Niagara Falls by early on Thursday

03:14morning. You'll see some kind of a little pointer or a very weak

03:19secondary low forming south and east, but there'll be a lot more of a push

03:23of mild air aloft and that and so you'll see less snow and more in the

03:28way of sleep, freezing rain and then eventually even plain rain. You'll have

03:31a good warming that comes up the coastal plain and also west of the

03:35mountains and the hefty snow be well west in places like Chicago, where we

03:39haven't seen a ton of snow this this winter. Final question for you, Dave.

03:42As we just kind of close out this conversation, there's another storm on

03:46the map for the end of the week for California, and that's gonna run a whole

03:51the whole gamut here across the nation. What do we expect in the Northeast

03:54tied to this one? Right at that's again that storm number three here in this

03:58series, and that's that is on target right now, Jeff, to get into the eastern

04:04part of the country here this weekend, sometime later Saturday, Saturday night,

04:08perhaps into part of Sunday. So and that is also has a little bit more, let's

04:14say, a warmer look to it with more rain and less in the way of snow and ice.

04:18All right, Accuweather meteorologist and Northeast expert Dave Dombek. Thanks

04:21again as always, Dave. You bet. Have a great evening. You too, Dave.

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