This storm threatens to be a real trouble maker from the southern Plains to theEast Coast. A large swath of the country from Oklahoma to northern Virginiacould get quite a sizable snowfall from this thing later this week.Here you see where the storm will be centered Friday. At that time, theheaviest snow will be in Kentucky and West Virginia, and it will just begetting into Virginia. From there, envision the whole system advancing to thenortheast, as storms like this generally do. That would put Maryland, southernPennsylvania, New Jersey and southern New England in the band of heaviest snowFriday night and Saturday.
Currently, we feel this has the all the earmarks of a classic winter storm. No,it won't set any snowfall records, but it could cause a lot of disruption intravel later this week.
We also know that this will be a cold storm with temperatures in the lower 20sand teens in the areas getting heavy snow.
As the week progresses, AccuWeather.com will provide you with detailed mapsshowing how much snow will fall and when it will all get started.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
