After early reports last week called for potential snow striking the East Coast this week, it appears that due to a subtropical jet stream pushing its way up the coast, the Eastern Seaboard will see mainly heavy rain and thunderstorms. Parts of the Rockies, Midwest and Appalachians are likely to still see some snow, however the amount still remains unclear, according to The Weather Channel.
As of now, it seems that a thin band of heavy snow will fall on parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes, with the greatest amounts of snow coming along the overlap of cold air and moisture north of the low pressure system that's spreading across the southern U.S. The polar jet stream jutting southward into the southern Plains will give the low pressure system strength as it shoots up to the eastern Great Lakes on Wednesday into Thursday.
The latest tracking shows that a storm is forming over the Plains, making its way across the Appalachians and toward the East, AccuWeather reported. This storm is expected to bring heavy blankets of rain and severe thunderstorms across the Atlantic coast, with the warm air lingering in the East setting up conditions for heavy thunderstorms along the I-95 corridor from Atlanta to Baltimore.
"From Philadelphia to Boston, the rain may be heavy enough to cause ponding on roadways Wednesday night and may slow the Thursday morning commute," said Brian Thompson, an AccuWeather Meteorologist.
