'Significant' Weekend Snow Storm In The Forecast For Pa.

A winter storm that’s possible Friday and Saturday could be a ”big one,” according to forecasters.

If it pans out as predicted, the storm could bring more than six inches of snow to Pennsylvania beginning Friday afternoon.

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for all of Eastern Pennsylvania.

According to the Hazardous Weather Outlook,s a period of light snow is possible Wednesday, followed by a ”more significant snow event” late Friday through Saturday.”

In addition to the snow, “gusty winds could cause additional issues with blowing snow,” the NWS said.

It is not ”set into stone,” Bernie Rayno of AccuWeather said in a video on the weather service’s site (see below).

But the ingredients are there, he said.

The storm should hit from the west beginning on Friday, hitting the eastern Pennsylvania first and then laying a blanket across New Jersey by Saturday, forecasters say.

Rayno said “energy” in the Pacific could derail it, but all things equal, this could be the first real storm of the winter.

“There are ways out of this,” he said. “But that is the potential if everything works right. It would be a big one.”

Here is the current local forecast for the week and into the weekend, according to the NWS:

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Wind chill values as low as zero. West wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. Wind chill values as low as -2. West wind 16 to 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. West wind around 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Friday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 30%.