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First-time homebuyers choosing Tacony. How to save thousands buying a home. How to get a free health insurance quote. Menu PhillyVoice. February 16, Another 3 to 5 inches of snow forecasted to fall in Philly region Thursday The third snowstorm this month — and the fourth this winter — is expected to arrive during the morning commute.

Weather Snow. Here we go again. Almost akin to what happens during thunderstorms, the warm air associated with it encountered stubbornly cold air at the surface — an ultralight leftover of the historic cold in the central United States.

The air was forced upward rapidly and condensed as snow, said Brett Rossio, meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. The strongest forcing was focused along the heaviest snow band. Having so much snow concentrated in one area, in turn, kept totals lower on either side. He said he had not seen snow rates like that in more than 40 years.

Warm winds cut down on snow totals, however, as once again nature served the region an atmospheric parfait of air at different temperatures. A warm, thin layer, no more than 1, feet thick and about a mile up, was sufficient to melt snow that refroze as it passed through colder air on the way down and landed as sleet. Rossio said the parade of storms is about to march off into the February sunset.