Winter Storm WARNING

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A WIDE AREA OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY SATURDAY EVENING.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MARYLAND BORDER AND INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LATER THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. A THIN COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE IN THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW FALL INTENSITIES WILL INCREASE TO WHERE SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A BRIEF TIME.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE MARYLAND BORDER AND IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY AS THE PRECIPITATION ENDS EARLY TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT OVER MOST OF THE AREA.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON COULD OVERWHELM ROAD CREW EFFORTS TO KEEP REGIONAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS CLEAR.

* VISIBILITIES...SNOW WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE  QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.