Brief Weather Note for Thurs/Fri Storm

Ok, some of you who are friends with me on facebook saw a post this morning of my initial snow total prediction for the Thurs/Fri storm.  That prediction still holds tonight with this post.  There is a weak Low pressure system pushing through the midwest this evening and will continue traveling east to the Delmarva coastline before turning Northeast.  When it reaches the Atlantic, the storm will strengthen.  The question is timing.  The closer the storm is to the coast as it strengthens, the higher the snow totals will be across the region.  Right now, it appears the storm will strengthen too far east to affect our snow totals and it will be a quick moving storm.  Therefore, I'm calling for 3"-5" for the Tri-State area beginning between 12am-3am overnight into Friday and lasting until noon Friday.  The sun could make an appearance mid-afternoon Friday but it won't help all that much since a very cold air mass will move into the region late friday and last through next Tuesday.  As always, I'll have further updates tomorrow and Friday as the storm impacts our area.