Light Snow Expected in the East

In just over a month's time, The Weather Channel has named ten winter storms, which averages out to one every three to four days.

The Northeast has been impacted by seven of these, while five storms have impacted — and in some cases, crippled — parts of the South.

Fortunately, what once appeared to be another major snow threat now appears to be a bit of a dud as the next East Coast disturbance will quickly scoot offshore, keeping snowfall totals low. Let's break down the forecast.

Any South Snow, Ice?

• Threat: Light sleet, freezing rain, or snow (in some cases mixed with light rain) on the northern fringe of the precipitation shield from parts of southern Arkansas into the Mid-South, Tennessee Valley, southern Appalachians and northern North Carolina.
• Timing: Tuesday night and early Wednesday
• Impact: Low. Most of these areas will see too little snow or sleet to accumulate. Even minor amounts of freezing rain can cause slick spots, but we don't expect widespread areas of freezing rain or drizzle to develop.

East Coast Snow

• Threat: An initial disturbance may bring some light snow or flurries from parts of New York into the Middle Atlantic on Tuesday. Tuesday night into Wednesday, light snow is possible from the central Appalachians and Virginia northeastward along the I-95 corridor to southern New England; also some very light snow in the interior Northeast Wednesday from a separate low-pressure center.
• Timing: Tuesday into Wednesday morning from New York City southward; mainly Wednesday into Wednesday evening for southern New England.
• How Much Snow? Amounts of around 1 inch possible around Chesapeake Bay and the Delmarva Peninsula, as well as southeastern Massachusetts. Also 1 to perhaps 2 inches in the mountains of eastern West Virginia. The major cities of the I-95 corridor can expect less than 1 inch, and in some cases, not even enough snow to accumulate at all.

Few low pressure systems this winter have swept out to sea without spinning up close to the coast, which wrung out at least some snow over the East.

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