Sussex County will see calm and cold conditions early Thursday through early Friday, with increasing clouds ahead of Friday night’s snow and Arctic front.
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Light snow Friday evening will give way to possible snow squalls and dangerous cold by Saturday, with wind chills as low as -20°F.
Colder-than-normal temperatures have settled across Delmarva, with highs ranging from the mid-30s to low 40s. The chill deepens by Thursday and into the weekend, as an arctic cold front approaches. While light snow is possible Friday, more impactful snow squalls and dangerously cold wind chills are expected Friday night into Saturday. Gusty winds behind the front may reach 50 mph, especially near the coast.
Snow exits early Wednesday with cold air entrenched across Sussex County through Thursday, setting the stage for a dangerous arctic blast this weekend.
Sussex County faces light snowfall Tuesday night followed by a bitter arctic cold front this weekend, bringing subzero wind chills and potential snow squalls.
Today is the best day of the week across Delmarva, with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s before clouds thicken late. A weak clipper brings a quick hit of light snow after midnight, ending by daybreak Wednesday with an inch or less. The bigger story late week into the weekend is a surge of Arctic air—dangerously cold wind chills and another round of light snow or snow squalls possible Friday.
The development reshaping the landscape in Sussex County was largely approved years ago, under a system critics say is outdated, reactive and disconnected from infrastructure.
It’s Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil is calling for six more weeks of winter—but the COASTTV First Alert Weather team is already ahead of him, tracking more arctic air for Delmarva even after a short-lived warm-up. We’ll squeeze out some milder temperatures Tuesday, but a pair of clipper systems could bring light snow chances midweek and again Friday night, followed by another blast of bitter cold this weekend.
The powerful ocean storm continues to move away from the east coast with diminishing impacts.
The main effects from the powerful off shore storm will be the wind, dangerous wind chills, and minor tidal flooding.