{"id":482833,"date":"2026-02-21T23:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/482833\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:52:12","slug":"philadelphia-snow-updates-latest-forecast-storm-timing-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/482833\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia snow updates: Latest forecast, storm timing and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia region \u2014 along with up to 40 million Americans across the U.S. \u2014 is bracing for a <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/blizzard-warnings-new-jersey-new-york-connecticut-snow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">powerful coastal storm<\/a> that will begin Sunday and continue through late Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Significant snowfall, high winds and coastal flooding are expected across the Delaware Valley, just as snowfall from <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philadelphia-snow-storm-updates-latest-forecast-monday-snowfall-totals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January\u2019s major storm<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philadelphia-winter-storm-2026-snow-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dumped over 9 inches of snow<\/a> on the city, has finally melted.\n<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the latest forecast?<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s winter storm may bring between 14 and 18 inches of snow to Philadelphia, its suburbs and parts of Delaware, the National Weather Service reports. Wind gusts as high as 40 mph are expected.\n<\/p>\n<p>South Jersey, meanwhile, may see between 14 and 20 inches of snow, per the NWS, along with wind gusts up to 45 mph.\n<\/p>\n<p>Meteorologists with <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/live-updates\/winter-storm-set-bring-foot-snow-parts-philadelphia-region-live-updates\/18625971\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY News partner 6abc<\/a> are more conservative in their estimates, predicting between 8 and 12 inches of snow in the Philadelphia area, and between 12 and 18 inches in coastal areas of New Jersey and Delaware.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Inland South Jersey and the rest of Delaware are expected to see between 8 and 12 inches of snow, 6abc reports.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-732428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/philadelphia-winter-storm-snow-forecast-wpvi-022126-1-1024x567.png\" alt=\"A weather forecast map shows significant snowfall is expected across the Philadelphia region Sunday through Monday\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\"  \/>Significant snowfall is expected across the Philadelphia region, with the heaviest accumulation anticipated on Sunday evening. (6abc)\n<\/p>\n<p>Rain and snow showers are in the forecast for Sunday morning, with a high of 39 degrees, though areas northwest of Philadelphia may see light snow showers. As temperatures drop, precipitation is expected to transition to snow by the evening.\n<\/p>\n<p>The heaviest snowfall is expected Sunday night, 6abc meteorologists report.\n<\/p>\n<p>Snow is expected to taper off west to east by Monday morning as the storm continues to strengthen and move away from the coast.\n<\/p>\n<p>Coastal flooding is most likely from Delaware to Cape Cod, the NWS reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>Weather alerts, watches and advisories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia region \u2014 along with up to 40 million Americans across the U.S. \u2014 is bracing for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50112,4,450,451,3,173471,452,453],"class_list":["post-482833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-blizzard","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-snowstorm","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}