Northeast Snowstorm Almost Over
AccuWeather.com Facebook fan Pops K. measured two inches of snow in Richboro, Pa. (Bucks County) earlier Saturday morning.
The snowstorm that spent Friday and most of today racing through the Midwest and Northeast will depart southeastern New England by sunset.
As of 3:00 p.m. EST, snow continued across southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The snow will push offshore by sunset.
Meanwhile severe weather is rattling parts of the South.
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Snow totals will amount to around six inches across far southern New England.
Since the storm is a fast-mover and the snow that falls in most areas will be powdery, widespread power outages are not expected.
The storm will clear the mid-Atlantic coast this afternoon then southeastern New England this evening.
Plowing and chemical treatment operations should vastly improve travel conditions later today and tonight. However, untreated areas that became wet can become icy once again.
Sunday will be a much better travel day for most places. But, as moist, mild air begins to move up from the south, fog and/or freezing drizzle may cause problems to develop in portions of the central Appalachians at night.
The next system will be a warmer storm, bringing just rain to much of the region on Monday. Even so, there can be pockets of ice at the onset from northern Pennsylvania to New England.
Fog-related travel problems may become more widespread as the warm, moist air spreads over the cold ground and snowcover Monday.
AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski contributed to the content of this story.
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