Major Blizzard to Shut Down Boston, NYC Area

Accuweather ^ | 1/25/2015 | Brian Lada

[dirtboy]

major winter storm will unfold across the Northeast early this week, eventually becoming an all-out blizzard over parts of New England and the New York City area. Those in the Northeast should prepare for the storm now rather than wait until the snow starts to fall, especially for those across eastern New England.

"While the storm from Saturday may have been a mere nuisance to travelers and a delight to skiers, the storm Monday night into Tuesday could be far more disruptive in terms of travel and daily activities," said AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

The greatest impacts are expected along the Interstate-95 corridor from Philadelphia northward where over a foot of snow is forecast to fall. The blizzard also threatens to bring the heavily populated zone from New York City to Boston to Portland, Maine, to a standstill.

[SamAdams76]

Classic setup for "bombogenesis" with that low pressure area sitting over the 40/70 benchmark.

Already light snows are blanketing southern CT and we haven't even seen the low pressure move off the Atlantic coast yet.

[SamAdams76]

Good post. It's always annoying when it is assumed that 100% of people living in the Northeast are liberals. Not 90%, not 80%, not 70% either. Probably not even 60%.

The tipping point between a "blue" state and a "red" state up here is not as great as everybody assumes it to be.

One factor we have working against us is that people all over the country are sending their bubble-headed college-age kids to get educated here. Then they stay and they register to vote.