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The National Weather Service issued winter storm watches from Tuesday morning into Wednesday evening for all of the Tri-County Area, warning of the potential for 6 inches or more of snow.
The NWS said a storm system will move through the Ohio Valley and spread snow into the region by early afternoon. The snow will continue through Tuesday night and into Wednesday. A second storm will develop rapidly along the Mid-Atlantic Coast by early Wednesday and will produce increasing winds and areas of blowing and drifting snow Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Accuweather.com says widespread travel disruptions will result as the storm spreads messy weather eastward, while communities in the mid-Atlantic that were buried by the "Blizzard of 2010" could be hit by snow again.
Winter storm watches and warnings stretched from the Mississippi River to the East Coast and from the Canadian border to Tennessee early today as the storm began to take shape.
Cities that lie in the path of the storm that could have other problems, like flight delays and cancellations with the storm include St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Nashville, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Albany, Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Hartford and Boston.
Forecast challenges from the storm, in addition to the exact track - which will determine who gets snow, ice or rain - include the fact that there will be two centers of the storm.
In between, there may be a zone with little or no precipitation, Accuweather.com forecasters said.
