Blizzard Warning | Pennsylvania Weather Noon

Good afternoon! I'm Aaron Jolly. Welcome to the Pennsylvania Weather Podcast for Monday, February 23rd. Folks, if you've been shoveling today.. You're not done yet. Five and a half inches have fallen in the last 24 hours. And this storm has one last act. Southeast Pennsylvania, you're taking the hardest punch right now. Heavy snow and blowing snow continue through 1 P.M. Another 10 to 14 inches are possible before this wraps up. Winds are gusting to 40 miles an hour out of the northwest. That turns snowflakes into sandpaper. Philadelphia, Lancaster, York.. Visibility is dropping fast near open fields. Roads that looked fine an hour ago? Not anymore. Even after the flakes quit, those gusts will sculpt fresh drifts all afternoon. Tonight, temperatures plummet to 23 degrees by 7 A.M. Tuesday. Wind chills drop to 19 degrees. That's frostbite territory if you're not covered up. Now slide west toward Pittsburgh. Snow's lighter here. A chance of flurries through 6 P.M. But Cambria and Somerset Counties could still pick up 2 to 4 inches. The real story is wind gusting to 28 miles an hour across the ridges. By 5 A.M., you're feeling 19 degrees with the wind chill. Brutal. Central Pennsylvania, you're catching a relative break. Slight chance of snow around 11 A.M. Highs near 36 degrees. But light snow sneaks back in after 7 P.M. Tonight. Less than an inch. Lows hit 20 degrees. Wind chill near 19 degrees by morning. Now the week ahead tells a wild story. Tuesday starts quiet and sunny. Low 30s. Then Wednesday.. Everything flips. A rain and snow mix pushes highs into the mid 40s. That's 15 degrees warmer than today. Thursday stays messy. Low 40s with more rain and snow. Friday finally clears out with sunshine and mid 40s. Then Saturday? Fifty one degrees. That's practically spring knocking on the door. We're gaining over two minutes of daylight every day now. Winter's grip is loosening.. But today it's still squeezing hard. Shovel carefully. Drive slower than you think you need to. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Take care!