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According to NOAA, "while the map shows the climatological probability of snow-covered ground on December 25, the actual conditions this year may vary widely from these probabilities because the ...
The heaviest snow will fall in areas near and just west of the Interstate 95 corridor from the mid-Atlantic to New England. Storm totals in these areas through Sunday night could be 3 to 8 inches.
Map shows snow accumulations in parts of the Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mountain areas of the West, as of Dec. 24, 2024. / Credit: CBS News
Northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and portions of western and northwest New York state could see lake-effect snow totals in the 1 to 2 foot range, "creating very hazardous and extremely ...
By using an example of the area from Washington D.C. to Boston, a notable, or category 1, snowfall would drop 4–10 inches of snow. A category 2 would affect same area but more people with more than 10 inches of snow on Mid-Atlantic seaboard. A category 3 would bring about 10–20 inches of snow and affect millions of people in the process.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
The map below shows the probability that an area could receive more than 4 inches of snow. Use the slider at the top left to toggle by day. Winter weather forecast map: See full version
Description of the NESIS scale. The Northeast snowfall impact scale (NESIS) is a scale used to categorize winter storms in the Northeast United States. [1] The scale was developed by meteorologists Paul Kocin and Louis Uccellini, and ranks snowstorms from category 1 ("notable") to category 5 ("extreme").