... Winter Storm Watch in effect for Sunday and Sunday night...
Low pressure will develop and begin to strengthen off the Carolina coastline during the day on Sunday. At the same time, a cold Canadian airmass will be in place over eastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey from an area of high pressure moving off the New England coastline. During the afternoon hours on Sunday, the low will move north-northeast along the mid-Atlantic coast.
Snow is now forecast to reach the region by daybreak Sunday. Snow may accumulate between four and seven inches during the day on Sunday, then possibly mix with or change to sleet and rain Sunday evening before tapering off early Monday, possibly as all snow. All in all, five to eight inches of snow and sleet are possible.
At this time, the exact track and timing of the low is uncertain, making the forecast of precipitation type and amount uncertain. However, since the threat exists for significant winter weather, the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch.
A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for a significant winter weather event within the next 36-48 hours, but that the event is not imminent. Future driving and walking conditions may become hazardous, so it is important to monitor the latest forecasts, and listen for later statements and possible warnings.
There are worse places to be than Philly.
This week there are nearly 300,000 people out at Kittyhawk for the Centenial of Flight. Kittyhawk is part of the Cape Hatteris barier island system, 20 miles out in the Atlantic.
Ordinarily all the hotels are closed for the winter, but this year they are all open and full. All those people are planning to spend 9 days out on the beach watching the festivities and the flights of replica Wright Flyers.
Whether is is Cape Cod, or Cape Hatteras or Padre Island, there is no place more miserable in cold windy weather than a barrier island.
So9
It's reeeaally cold.
caused by global warming, of course......