A historic storm is moving along the Mid-Atlantic coastline. This storm is going to bring a crippling amount of snow to parts of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland.

This storm is passing close enough that parts of our region will receive one to two feet of snow; however, there is going to be a fine line between a lot of snow and little snowfall and that line is right over our region.

We’ll have snow that will fall heavy at times tonight, especially south of I-80. Accumulation by morning will range from little or nothing north of I-80 to a foot or more near the Maryland border.

We’ll continue to have snow heavy at times in places Saturday morning and midday, especially the farther south and east you are in our region. As this storm moves off the coastline the snow will taper from the northwest to the southeast during the afternoon, but an increasing wind will cause considerable blowing and drifting snow.

With the snowfall and the windy conditions the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Indiana that is in effect until 7 P.M. Saturday, and Clearfield and Centre counties that is in effect until 4 P.M Saturday.

They have also issued a Winter Storm Warning for Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, Somerset, Bedford, and Fulton counties that is in effect until midnight Saturday. The northern counties are not quite out of the woods with snowfall, as Elk, Cameron, Northern Jefferson and Clinton counties will see a fresh coating to 2 inches of snow.

Northern Centre and Clearfield counties, along with the southern portions of Clinton and Jefferson counties, and the north and west of Indiana counties can see snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.

The south and eastern parts of Indiana, southern Clearfield and Centre counties, and northern Mifflin county can see snow amounts of 4 to 8 inches. Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, and southern Mifflin county will see 8 to 12 inches of snow, with larger snow amounts South of Route 22.

The greatest accumulations of snow can be seen in Somerset, Bedford, and Fulton counties, along with the southern portion of Blair and Huntingdon can see 12 to 24 inches, with the larger snow accumulations south of the turnpike.

The weather will improve a good bit for the end of the weekend. Sunday will feature a partly to mostly sunny sky but there will still be a chilly wind with highs near 30. A ridge of high pressure sitting over the region should give us a mostly sunny sky on Monday with a milder afternoon. The next disturbance may bring some rain and/or snow showers on Tuesday followed by another push of chilly air on Wednesday.