The Northeast faces the 5th weekend in a row with snow as a strengthening storm will deliver heavy snow, travel shutdowns and power outages from Delmarva to New York City and southern New England.

ByAlex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Feb 19, 2026 11:34 AM CST|Updated Feb 21, 2026 6:56 AM CST

A difference of just a few miles in the track of a winter storm pushing across the U.S. could make a huge difference in snow totals from D.C. up to Boston.

A storm strong enough to bring accumulating snow and slippery travel will spread from West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania to the mid-Atlantic and southern New England with blizzard conditions along the coast. There is the risk that the storm will strengthen rapidly, bringing heavier snow to parts of the Interstate-95 corridor, includingNew York CityandPhiladelphia.

"Not only will the storm evolve into a significant nor'easter with strong winds and heavy snow along parts of the Atlantic Coast, but it may become a bomb cyclone as it begins to move away," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Chad Merrill said. "Abomb cycloneis a storm that rapidly strengthens when the central barometric pressure in the storm drops 0.71 of an inch of mercury (24 millibars) in 24 hours or less."

"It is not out of the question that there could be blizzard conditions for a time Sunday night, especially parts of the Jersey Shore, eastern Long Island and far southeast New England, including Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard," AccuWeather Vice President of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin said.

The storm, expected from Saturday night through Monday, will followa series of systems that is delivering snow and ice to parts of the Midwest and Northeast, with a vast zone of warm air remaining in place to the south into Saturday.

Now in California, it will reorganize over the Gulf Coast Saturday before strengthening near the Atlantic Coast Sunday.

Compared to the cold snowstorm from Jan. 24-25, which was dry and powdery in nature, this storm will be rather warm, with snow being heavy and wet. But, despite the wet nature of the snow, there could still be substantial blowing and drifting due to high winds as well as whiteout conditions at times.

Source: Drudge Report