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Dust Off The Shovels: Quick Burst Of Snow Targets Mid-Atlantic, I-95 Corridor

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by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 - 12:48 PM

Update (Saturday morning): 

Dust off your snow shovels and fill up those snowblowers with gasoline, or if you've splurged this year on a fancy robot snowblower, plug it in and charge the batteries today.

The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are preparing for the season's first significant snowfall event, with accumulating snow expected in metro areas near I-95. It is a fast-moving clipper storm expected to arrive overnight.

"An area of low pressure will redevelop off the coast Saturday night into Sunday morning with snow developing by 12 a.m. The snow will mix with rain at times in Zones 4 and 5. All snow is expected to continue through 8 a.m. Sunday and then taper off from northwest to southeast through 1 p.m. Sunday," a meteorologist at NY NJ PA Weather wrote in a report.

NY NJ PA Weather noted that the heaviest snowfall favors interior areas, while coastal zones may see periods of rain before transitioning to snow. Accumulating snow is possible near the I-95 corridor, including areas around Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City.

Impacts by zone (courtesy of NY NJ PA Weather):

  • Zone 1: Snow showers, trace to 1 inch

  • Zone 2: Light snow, 1 to 3 inches

  • Zone 3: Moderate snow, 3 to 6 inches

  • Zone 4: Rain changing to snow, 1 to 3 inches

  • Zone 5: Rain changing to snow, trace to 1 inch

What other meteorologists and weather observers are saying:

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Ahead of next week's return to global warming, thank you, Al Gore, for listening to our prayers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast after weeks of below-average temperatures that felt like the Arctic. A weekend snowstorm is set to blanket the region with accumulating snow.

The NWS Weather Prediction Center published a new snowfall forecast for a weekend winter storm that stretches from the northern High Plains of Montana through the Ohio Valley, the central Appalachians, and the Northeast, including major cities from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.

Private weather forecaster Weather Madness noted on X, "I expect an Arctic low to develop along the Arctic front, which could produce extra snow along the I-95 corridor from NYC to DCA."

Weather Madness expects parts of the Mid-Atlantic to receive 4 to 8 inches.

Meteorologist Steven DiMartino at NY NJ PA Weather published a short video earlier that details the incoming snow threat for the Mid-Atlantic area.

More from meteorologist Rayn Maue... 

On Thursday, we noted in "After Polar Vortex US Freeze, Global Warming Returns Before Christmas" that a warm-up for the eastern half of the US is expected to begin on Tuesday-Wednesday of next week.

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Meteorologist Ben Noll said, "A whopping 235 million people across the United States have experienced well below-average temperatures so far this December."

We'll take the warmth. Thanks, Al Gore. However, January is right around the corner.

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