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PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia is bracing for a significant snow storm that could bring bitterly cold temperatures and measurable snowfall accumulations to our area this weekend.<\/p>\n
The latest update from the National Weather Service says Philadelphia and surrounding areas have an 80% probability to see at least 6 inches of snow by Monday.<\/p>\n
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When will it snow? <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Forecasters believe the first flakes will start to fall sometime early Sunday morning and become more widespread during the daylight hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Models are still coming together on the exact timing of the storm, but forecasters believe snow will fall heavy at times before moving offshore by Monday.<\/p>\n
RELATED: What is the polar vortex? Why it matters as snow and Arctic cold threaten the Northeast<\/a> How much snow will we get? <\/p>\n By the numbers:<\/p>\n It’s unclear as of Wednesday morning exactly how much snow the Philadelphia area can expect to see from the coastal storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n The National Weather Service in their latest update said there is an 80% probability that Philly will see at least 6 inches of snow.<\/p>\n Forecasters believe if the track of the storm skews to the south, there will be higher accumulations south of the I-95 corridor.<\/p>\n If the storm pushes north, areas northwest of the I-95 corridor could see higher totals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bitter cold temperatures <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Along with the snow, forecasters are warning of bitterly cold temperatures with an added wind chill that will make it feel even colder.<\/p>\n Temperatures on Saturday and Sunday in the Philadelphia area are expected to barely crack 20 degrees, with overnight lows in the teens.<\/p>\n Preparing for snow <\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Road crews around the area will spend the next several days securing salt and brine rations and readying snow plows in preparation for the storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chris Loschiavo, Director of Public Works for Plymouth Township told FOX 29 that he hopes to receive 500 tons worth of new salt shipments before the snow hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n Residents, meanwhile, are urged to do their part to help keep walkways and sidewalks safe by salting and shoveling when necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n PECO recommends having a fully charged cell phone and flashlights with extra batteries ready in case of a power outage.\u00a0<\/p>\n Residents are also reminded to check on neighbors, especially the elderly or those with limited mobility, and to stay off the roads if conditions worsen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Weather<\/a>Philadelphia<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia is bracing for a significant snow storm that could bring bitterly cold temperatures and measurable…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[139,539,69,71,70,593,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-92525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}