Snow Update- 1pm

This morning’s GFS model continues with the trend of low QPF of 0.09 inches water, similar to the NAM.  This translates into about an inch of snow, assuming colder temperatures.  But surface temperatures may be at or just above freezing for some of the time, reducing accumulations even further.  So a coating to 1 inch of wet snow is still the best guess for PHL and surrounding suburbs, more north and west.

Still a lower than usual confidence forecast, since the higher resolution NAM shows greater QPF values and some of the other models suggest the same.

Whatever falls likely causes icy conditions, as temperatures are expected to drop early Wednesday morning.

Quick Update- Decreasing Snowfall in PHL

This morning’s NAM data rolling in.  The NAM is beginning to maintain a dry slot area over PHL for this snowfall with the same showing last night.   QPF values have reduced to 0.09 inches for PHL with higher amounts far north and far west.

The snow is minimal before midnight, then the ‘bulk’ of the light snow falls.  With temperatures at or above freezing and a similar QPF as the GFS model from last night, I’m revising the accumulations downward to a coating to 1 inch in Philadelphia and the immediate suburbs, starting late evening and ending early morning Wednesday.