Blizzard Warning | Pennsylvania Weather 6 AM

Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Pennsylvania Weather Podcast. It's Monday, February 23rd. Folks, if you looked outside and thought your yard moved to Alaska overnight.. You're not dreaming. Four and a half inches of snow in the last 24 hours. Two and a quarter of that dumped in just the last six hours. And it's still coming down. The southeast is taking the biggest punch. Philly, Lancaster, the Lehigh Valley.. You're staring down another 10 to 14 inches on top of what's already there. The heaviest band hit around 5 A.M. And heavy snow continues through 2 P.M. Winds gusting to 40 miles an hour are creating whiteout conditions. This is the kind of storm that swallows your mailbox. Tonight lows hit 23 degrees. Wind chill drops to 15 by 4 A.M. Now push west toward Pittsburgh. You're catching a lighter round. Another 1 to 3 inches, mostly in the Laurel Highlands. Snow wraps up by 6 P.M. Gusts reach 25 miles an hour, so blowing snow still cuts visibility. Tonight falls to 19 degrees, feeling closer to 19 degrees. Up through the middle of the state, snow tapers by 9 A.M. Maybe another inch. The real troublemaker is wind whipping loose snow across open roads. Highs barely scratch 39 degrees. Tonight plunges to 20. If you're shoveling today, pace yourself. This snow is concrete heavy. Your back isn't a snowplow. Tuesday brings a brief break with partly sunny skies. Then more snow sneaks in Tuesday night statewide. But here's the plot twist. By Wednesday, highs climb into the mid 40s. Rain mixes in. Thursday another system rolls through. And the weekend? Sunny skies and low 50s. Fifty degrees after all this. That's enough to make you weep into your hot chocolate. Right now though, if you don't have to drive, don't. Visibility is awful and roads are treacherous. I'll be tracking this storm all day. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Take care!