A major storm in now on it’s way with the expected development of a coastal low off the Carolina coast later today, impacting the area from Friday morning into Saturday night. The system is expected to bring period of heavy snow, sleet and possibly freezing rain to Richmond. Models latched on to a storm threat since last weekend (January 16th-17th) and have continually shown a winter storm that will impact most of Virginia and a good portion of the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and North East. Snow totals to the north and west of Richmond are expected to exceed 2′ in spots. The storm is taking on characteristics (intensity and snowfall) of the Snowmaggedon (2/2010) and 96′ Blizzard. Snow totals in Richmond will be highly dependent on the amount of sleet that falls Saturday night. Models have varied snow from 5-6″ upwards of 20-24″.