Three to 6 inches of snow fell from northern North Carolina through Virginia and into southern New Jersey. Heavy rain also fell in most of this same area. The precipitation was caused by a surface low which moved from Alabama yesterday to near the Massachusetts coast this morning.
Up to 3/4 inch of snow water accompanied the snowfall, and the snowpack, especially in much of the southern part of the snowfall area, is very warm and melting rapidly. In the north, the snowpack is still cold, and little snowmelt occurred yesterday.
The low will continue moving northeastward from the Massachusetts coast, and light snow is likely for the northeastern corner of the region today; little rain is expected. Little precipitation is expected Wednesday as cold surface high pressure moves into the region today and tomorrow. A surface low is expected to be in the northern Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning. A potent upper-level disturbance will pick up this low, causing it to strengthen, and move it to the Carolina coast by Friday morning. Heavy snowfall is expected in Virginia on Thursday, with 4 to 8 inches of snow likely; most of the region will see at least 2 inches except the far north. In the south, cold air will remain in the valleys, and rain falling into these cold areas will create freezing rain. Rainfall amounts are expected to average 1/4 to 1/2 inch, but up to an inch of rain and freezing rain is possible on Thursday in the Carolinas.
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