Winter Storm to Bring Widespread Snow Sunday

A winter storm is set to impact Pennsylvania on Sunday, with some areas expecting over a half foot of snow. Snow will start in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth during the morning, increasing in intensity throughout the early afternoon hours as the storm continues to move northeast. Intense snowfall rates are likely east of the Interstate 99 corridor during the mid afternoon hours, which will create travel impacts across the Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan areas. Philadelphia could see a brief changeover to sleet between 3pm and 6pm, which will lower snowfall totals across areas of the southern Delaware River Valley. Northeastern Pennsylvania is expected to receive the most snowfall, with upwards of a half foot likely after this storm system is all set and done.

Snow is expected to wind down across the Commonwealth overnight Sunday into Monday morning, with Lake Effect snow possible in Northwest Pennsylvania throughout the afternoon hours on Monday. This snowfall will be here to stay as we head into the next work week, as an arctic air mass will move in behind this system. Temperatures across the state are expected to drop below zero as you wake up for your Tuesday and Wednesday commutes. Wind chill temperatures across western Pennsylvania could drop as low as 30 degrees below zero Wednesday morning.