“Forecasting amounts of snowfall in the country’s capital is rarely easy, but it increases confidence that the DC area will see significant snowfall develop on Sunday and through Monday,” says CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.
A major winter storm is underway and can bring up to 10 inches of snow to the country’s capital. That would end the 708-day streak that Washington, DC, has gone without a snowfall of more than 1 inch.
“The only other time it happened was a 788-day streak that ended in 2013,” says CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller.
The storm track
On Saturday, the storm system will cause heavy rains in the middle part of the country. Salt Lake City may also see some persistent snowfall on Saturday morning.
In more remote areas, to the east as St. Louis and Springfield, Illinois, there will be more rain / snow mix until Sunday. How much snow will stick to the ground is uncertain.
A week after areas of Iowa were hit by snow, Hawkeye State was able to see a few inches more this weekend.
Winds will start Saturday on the central plains, raising fire threats for areas of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Much of the Mississippi River Valley will receive heavy rainfall and some parts of the Midwest will snow. Chicago is under winter storm warning until Sunday morning, with a chance of 5 to 9 inches of snow. Along with snow, winds of 30 mph are expected across the region, which could lead to dangerous travel conditions.
The best chance of heavy snowfall seems to include areas of northern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, as well as southern Wisconsin.
The storm will continue to the east, pouring rain to the southeast and snowing in the Ohio Valley before heading east and creating concern for ice in the North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia portions. the West.
A developing Nor’easter
“Snow will move from southwest to northeast on Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning, with snow likely to spread in the middle of Sunday morning,” the office said. Baltimore and Washington, DC weather service.
Monday afternoon from Sunday to Monday, there is a potential for rain change and icy rain.
With the storm system still several days away, there is still some uncertainty in forecasting how much snow will fall in the northeast.
“There seems to be a consensus among forecast models that moderate to heavy snow will occur from parts of Virginia to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but there is still some uncertainty about the exact track of low pressure Monday through Tuesday,” he said. said Ward. “This will have a significant impact on the amount of snow falling from New York City to New England. A system of storms that runs parallel to the coast would provide more snowfall, while a track further toward eastward to the sea would limit snow totals in New England. “
This could make the difference in places like Boston and New York City seeing 4 inches of snow or a foot.
The Philadelphia Meteorological Services Office predicts more than 6 inches of snow with wind gusts of up to 45 mph, “creating snow that blows and drifts.”
The Boston Meteorological Service’s office announced the storm and its possible effects on Friday.
The storm will then move away from the coast by the end of Tuesday.
CNN’s Allison Chinchar contributed to this report.