Posted on 02/06/2013 1:23:57 PM PST by TSgt
Two storms will merge quickly enough to bring colder air, heavy snow and increasing wind to New England. Some areas will be hit with an all-out blizzard and a couple of feet of snow.
The worst of the storm will hit late Friday and Friday night and will wind down Saturday morning. However, lingering effects from blowing and drifting snow, blocked roads and other travel delays are likely to linger into much of the weekend.
Numerous flight delays and cancellations are possible centered on New England, but these problems will be felt elsewhere across the nation.
Strong winds will not only cause white-out conditions but can result in massive drifts.
At the height of the storm, snow can fall at the rate of 2 to 4 inches per hour and may be accompanied by thunder and lightning.
A person traveling northeastward from New York City Friday evening along I-95 would encounter progressively worse and potentially dangerous weather conditions.
With such snowfall intensity, vehicles can become stuck and people can become stranded.
The hardest-hit areas are likely to include Hartford and Providence to Boston, Worcester, Concord, Portsmouth and Portland.
Coastal flooding is another concern with this storm along the coast of eastern Massachusetts. The period of strong northeast winds will be occurring within a couple of days of the new moon and high astronomical tides.
Warm air will play a major role in the storm from New York City, Long Island and central New Jersey on south and west in the mid-Atlantic, resulting in rain during part or all of the storm, depending on location.
Only if the two storms sync up completely would heavy snow wrap around into New York City for an extended period, bringing a foot of the white stuff. Even so, without complete phasing of the storms, New York City and Long Island will get significant snow.
A separate story on the storm's role in New York City and the mid-Atlantic is now available on AccuWeather.com.
Meanwhile, a fresh injection of arctic air will fuel the blizzard over New England. The colder air will cause rain to change to snow on Cape Cod and along the South Coast, as well as cause wet snow to become more dry and powdery with time, making it subject to blowing and drifting in central and southern areas.
In northernmost New England from northern Maine to along the Canada border of New Hampshire, Vermont and northern upstate New New York, too much dry air feeding in from the north may limit snowfall or cut off the storm completely.
Snow from the Alberta Clipper part of the storm will still deliver enough snow to shovel and plow over much of upstate New York.
But the joke's on Him, as Tom and Giselle are long gone by now ...
Yooper or mainland?
LOL, no the other side of the flagpole base, if you get my drift.
Dang, that is cool. The last bad storms we had was the so called “Snowpocalypse” in 2011, followed by another storm 4 days later that missed NYC (and thus not widely reported). Pretty impressive snowfall for these parts, about 44 inches from the both of them.
The second storm they predicted to be about 2 inches of snow. We got 20.
I’m a troll from far under the bridge south of Lansing.
Great .... looking forward to my Friday night shift on the streets of New Haven.
Check out the worldview link at the top for today.
http://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real-time-data/visualization
"Johnson, come take a look at this."
This act of global warming will surely be reported on Gore’s Al Jazeera.
Get some eggs and TP, too. They all do, around here.
Big deal...this is just something to give the women in New England something to cluck about...in most areas; the ground is bare, and has been so most of the winter. This storm (OMG, OMG, OMG) will dump some snow; then it will melt. In fact, temperatures are forecast to be ABOVE NORMAL for the remainder of February. This has been a real yawner of a winter (to date) here in Red Hampshire...frankly; I was expecting the ground to split open after the results on Election Day.
They have referred to a couple of 'two inch snowfalls' here in Red Hampshire as 'storms' over the past few months. Maybe this one will actually BE a storm...
“Better stop and get milk and bread. It’s a New England tradition.”
Here in the Mid-Atlantic, it’s milk, bread and toilet paper. We’re fancy that way.
In Georgia, we get the beer first, then the other stuff. :)
LOL
Its a drawing of the northeast congress critters in general:o in this area.
Not liking this coming storm. I’m going to have to switch over the snow plow from my ATV to my son’s ATV Friday morning (which won’t be easy) because four wheel drive in mine is intermittently cutting out then I’m going to have to plow every two hours through the night. It’s going to be a looooong night.
The good part is lots of snow on the ground for burning brush. I’ve got three done and eleven to go.
Already got the beer, but I gotta get cordwood and pellets tomorrow. just in case.
Thank-you. I live in the line of fire area, CT. Tomorrow will be a busy one for me to get ready. :)=^..^=
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