PA weather forecast: How much snow and when? Latest storm forecast – PhillyBurbs

PA weather forecast: How much snow and when? Latest storm forecast  PhillyBurbs

Pennsylvania may be just hours away from its first real taste of winter. A strengthening storm will spread rain across the state beginning Wednesday night and Thursday before colder air rushes in and begins changing rain to snow Thursday night. Parts of northeastern Pennsylvania could pick up a coating up to 3 inches, while lake-effect snow could bring up to 2 inches across northern and western areas through Saturday, according to the latest National Weather Service State College forecast. And, while this doesn't look like a blockbuster snowstorm for most of Pennsylvania, forecasters say it could deliver the season's first snowflakes to a much broader area. “This storm will likely bring the first snowflakes of the season to many interior locations, though the exact track and intensity of the storm will dictate where,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty said.

“Areas from the interior of the Northeast to the central Appalachians look like the most likely areas to see snow, though outside of higher elevations, snow should struggle to accumulate.” The National Weather Service is also becoming more specific. Forecasters in State College said Wednesday morning that they had increased expected rain totals in northeastern Pennsylvania and added more discussion about snow as a “strengthening coastal low” develops. The office called the potential for the first accumulating snowfall, particularly in higher