Feb 20th – Alberta clipper to disrupt rush hour on Wednesday

Well it looks like the 2008 winter season will go down as the rush hour snow storm season. Yet again we are prepping for a clipper system to move through our region Wednesday morning and should have the roads messy by rush hour on Wednesday. Given last weeks ice storm scenario, get ready for a lot of car accidents and delays everywhere you go (especially in New Castle county).

Here are highlights of the NWS discussion on the system:

  • THIS ALBERTA CLIPPER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GIVE A GOOD PORTION OF THE CWA BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF SNOW FROM ABOUT NOON WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE BEFORE IF MOVES RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE COAST.
  • BRIEF SNOW IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE
  • RAIN/SNOW LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TO PROVIDE RAIN IN SUSSEX DE
  • MIXTURE OF RAIN/SNOW IN CENTRAL DELAWARE
  • CURRENT THINKING IS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL STAY COLD ENOUGH TO ALLOW ALL SNOW IN CECIL AND NEW CASTLE COUNTIES
  • THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FLUFFY GIVEN ALL THE COLD AIR IN PLACE
  • SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION AROUND OR JUST AFTER SUNSET.

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