is a big one. 23 to 28 in some isolated spots in chester county, for example, maybe parts of northern newcastle county. 12 to 17 inches across some of the northern suburbs. less than the maximum amount, that's a big storm, though, even a big storm in the lehigh valley with eight to 12 inches of snow. it's obviously a big storm toward the shore, eight to 12 inches there. atlantic city, plus all of those strong winds, plus the heavy wet snow. so there are going to be power outages, i think, across a lot of south jersey and delaware, partly because of the type of snow. it will be a fluffier type over the northern and western areas. here's delaware, 17 to 23 inches, all snow close to wilmington, strongest winds in southern delaware and philly, 17 to 23, some heavy sleet possible and thunder snow is possible. 17 to 23 in parts of south jersey. 12 to 17 in burlington county, and there are those isolated 23 to 28-inch amounts in parts of chester county. again, i'm not surprised that there's going to be thunder snow in this. the blizzard by sunrise, temperatures way below freezing and, of course, nothi

the ground, as we look at double scan live radar we are dealing with light showers especially northern newcastle chester and verge of philadelphia and central bucks county. not heavy rain just disorganized here passing from the southwest to the north and east and some dam many roadways along the northeast extension and schuylkill expressway and 422 as well as route 1 as you head south of philadelphia, as we look at almanac, 10 degrees above the north carolinaal of 40 degrees, quite a turn around after a deep snow pack, to get temperatures to respond that large, the record 74 set back in 1950. 46 in sea isle city and cooler in the north and west but still above that 32 degree threshold. not a lot of moisture but you'll deal with light drizzle and on and off light showers and they start to push off the coast by 8:00 or 9:00, for tonight early showers and then after midnight, watch for patchy black ice far to the north and west where temperatures drop to 28 degrees, and many areas including philadelphia will stay at or above freezing through tomorrow morning. on wednesday clouds in the morning as t

snowfall. 12 to 18 in philadelphia from the turnpike to interior south jersey and newcastle delaware and 6 to 12 inches in the northernuburbs, poconos you are in the 3 to 6 and the wild card is along the shore, seeing how much mixing we get, right now calling for 3 to 6 inches at the shore than could change as the storm system develops and that storm could move farther to the north or south if the track changes, so the exclusive accuweather forecast, the calm before the storm tomorrow, mostly sunny and 38 degrees, friday the snow arrives late at night and saturday the worst of it, the heavy snow and the high winds, 34 degrees, a heavy wet snow and power outages, a good possibility. i would go ahead and find some batteries and prepare for that, the snow is ending on sunday morning, it's windy and then the big melt starts. temperatures up into the 40s by next week, i want to tell the viewers, a unique opportunity in five minutes, i'll have a facebook chat live here in the studio with graphics, if you have questions you can ask me i will answer them live. go to my facebook page. >> a great opportunity. thank you cecily.

more in newcastle towny, still some pretty good snow both areas so let's get specific now. take a look at the map from delaware. northern delaware 15 to 20 inches. central 10 to 15. southern 6-10. again all snow in the northern part. heaviest snow to 11:00 a.m., the strongest winds in southern delaware. in the philadelphia area, 15 to 20 inches. thundersnow, heavy snow 3:00 a.m. to noon, blowing snow, low visibility. here's south jersey. we may have mixture in the purple areas there near little egg harbor and down toward atlantic city. 15 to 20 inches closer to the delaware river. a little less as you get closer to new york city. at the shore, a big dropoff from 10 to 14 inches in hammonton to a couple inches at the shore but the wind will be the strongest there. the greatest uncertainty is there. in delaware county and chester county isolated amounts of 20 inches in parts of chester. some places seem to get a lot because of the elevation there and the heaviest snow in southern and western chester county and all snow there. all snow, of course, well north and west, the lehigh valley, the fluffy type of snow. the heavies