{"id":18237,"date":"2016-01-19T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=18237"},"modified":"2016-01-19T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:47:10","slug":"odds-of-major-snowstorm-blanketing-chesco-50-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=18237","title":{"rendered":"Odds of major snowstorm blanketing Chesco 50-50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowflakeC1511_M_150_C_R-300x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1262727\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SnowflakeC1511_M_150_C_R-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"SnowflakeC1511_M_150_C_R\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re one to watch local TV, you might be under the impression that the Chester County area is going to be blanketed by a massive snowstorm this weekend \u2014 but that my not be the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While some forecasts have called for as much a foot or more falling on the local area Friday night through Saturday, there is an equal chance of the storm amounting to little or even nothing. While local county and municipal emergency management groups are preparing for the worst, it\u2019s no lock that we will be buried this weekend.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yes, there is a good possibility of that happening. But, and this is the info that doesn\u2019t drive massive 11 p.m. news ratings, we may also see little or no snow, and even just rain, depending on a number of variables. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The various computer models don\u2019t agree \u2014 and a changeover to rain depending on how temperatures range could\u00a0make all of the difference \u2014 according to the National Weather Service, which unlike other outlets has not put out an official estimate of how much snow is likely because of the unreliability of such forecasts more than 72 hours before the event. The ultimate storm track could also push the system out to sea, as well, or pull it more inland, either of which would have a major impact on snowfall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That having been said, right now the NWS does say that the models show the largest potential for snowfall north and west of Philadelphia \u2014 which includes Chester County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The odds of a major snowfall appear \u2014 as of Tuesday morning \u2014 to be about 50-50.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Better, more reliable forecasts should appear Wednesday. As always, of course, caution is always advised by local authorities, and the usual pre-storm checklist (making sure food and heating supplies are in good order prior to the weekend) is a sensible step for all to take.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re one to watch local TV, you might be under the impression that the Chester County area is going to be blanketed by a massive snowstorm this weekend \u2014 but that my not be the case. While some forecasts have called for as much a foot or more falling on the local area Friday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[213,3042,3759,374],"class_list":["post-18237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-forecast","tag-national-weather-service","tag-snow","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}