Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Sussex
Updated: 8:05 am EST on February 9, 2010
Winter Storm Warning in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to midnight EST Wednesday night...
Today
Partly sunny this morning...then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow this afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent.
Snow. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows in the lower 20s. Light and variable winds...becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of snow 90 percent.
Wednesday
Snow. Additional snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Brisk with highs around 30. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent.
Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening. Additional light snow accumulation possible. Brisk with lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy in the morning...then becoming partly sunny. Brisk with highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to midnight EST Wednesday night...
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to midnight EST Wednesday night.
Low pressure moving from the deep south early this morning will head into the Ohio Valley this afternoon. That low will give up its energy to a coastal storm... which will develop along the northern North Carolina coast late today and this evening. By Wednesday morning... this nor/Easter is forecast to be intensifying strongly just east of our area... and is expected to bring heavy snow to a good part of our area through Wednesday and perhaps into Wednesday evening.
Southeast of Interstate 95 the snow may mix with sleet at times tonight... and with sleet and rain at times during the first half of the day Wednesday. However... this is more likely closer to the coast. But as colder air wraps around the storm even these areas are expected to change back to all snow.
Total snow accumulations are expected to range from 10 to 18 inches with the highest amounts over the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland... northern Delaware... eastern Pennsylvania... and much of New Jersey. Heavy snow is expected to occur in two bursts across the region. The first is expected to occur tonight with four to eight inches likely to accumulate by the morning commute Wednesday. The second shot will be an even more intense burst of heavy snow with the upper air disturbance itself that should occur in the Philadelphia area... Maryland... and Delaware during Wednesday morning and New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania during Wednesday afternoon. The snow will end by midnight Wednesday night.
Winds will increase as Wednesday continues and will cause considerable blowing and drifting of snow... even more than what occurred with the weekend snow storm. At and near the Atlantic shore blizzard conditions are possible Wednesday afternoon as winds increase.
A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow and sleet are expected or occurring. Strong winds are also possible. This will make travel very hazardous or impossible.
