That storm hit SW Illinois last night. Left 3 inches on the ground. After 5 days of near Zero highs, temp is now up to around freezing (29 F). So in my book, it was a small snow squall that will have to pick up a lot of moisture to be any worse out east. You’ll be lucky to get more that 6 inches.
We got about 4 inches here in Madison county..
It will do just that. It will be pulling moisture from the warmer temp areas in the South. There is a rather large low pressure area moving up from the South to join the cold front you just experienced.
The only 'lucky' places will be in the areas of MA around Boston...depending on how it tracks...North or East.
That storm isn’t the one they’re talking about. Your 3” snow storm is on the east coast NOW, and not producing much more here than it did in SW Ill.
Friday’s predicted storm is predicted to be a Nor’easter. You won’t see a thing. What we will see remains to be seen.
Two completely unrelated systems. The system that brought you a bit of snow and will bring at best, a light dusting here in PA overnight, is a clipper system. It will be out of here overnight. What it will do is reinforce the cold air.
The system, a deep low that will develop into a classic Nor'Easter is still down in the gulf causing some severe weather across Eastern TX, Louisiana and the far panhandle of FL.