Hurricane-Like Storm Aims for Pennsylvania to Maine Thursday, Friday

Accuweather.com ^ | 2/23/2010

[rdl6989]

A powerful storm of historical proportions is aiming at much of the Northeast Thursday into Friday and will follow up to a foot and a half of snow through Wednesday over upstate New York and western New England.

This second storm will be nothing short of a monster. Even in light of the blizzards earlier this winter that targeted the southern mid-Atlantic, this may be the one that people remember the most this winter in parts of New England and the northern mid-Atlantic.

At its peak, the storm will deliver near hurricane-force wind gusts (74 mph) blinding snow falling at the rate of over an inch per hour. For some people in upstate New York and eastern and northern Pennsylvania, this may seem more like a "snow hurricane" rather than a blizzard.

Cities likely to be impacted by heavy snow for all or at least part of the storm include: New York City, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Scranton, Allentown, Reading, Williamsport and Burlington.

[MsLady]

LOL!!!

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[MsLady]

I saw that too!!! The whole time I’m yelling liar, liar....everything I’ve read is it’s been getting cooler since the early 90’s.

[catfish1957]

Gotta love these AGW Enviro whackos.... "Global warming is causing all this cold weather"...and saying it with a straight face.

I see Inohfe is trying to get a criminal probe on this garbage. algore better hope the Republicans don't get a majority this year.

[BnBlFlag]

“I believe I heard some global warming nut on Cavuto this afternoon state this was the warmest January in history or something.

Today, I saw that Houston had it’s fourth coldest Feb. in it’s recorded history.

[RebelTXRose]

Yeah! Buffalo isn’t on the list!! I think almost every large city east of us has had more snow in the last 4 weeks than Buffalo all winter! I do realize things can change and we could get pounded. Wind - fickle thing!

[fatima]

:)I so stole this.

[SuziQ]

*snort* Bread, milk, eggs, and TP, as well!

[NonValueAdded]

Overblown reporting for a nor’easter? Is this Joe “suffering” Bastardi’s service?

[justa-hairyape]

I don’t understand why the graphic shows Philadelphia in the “Blizzard” area but the text does not list Philadelphia as one of the cities to be affected.

From what I saw on the videos, Phily is a very tough call. Could be either a couple of inches or a couple of feet.

Some are comparing this to the 1914 Billy Sunday snowstorm. Not many people alive remember that one.

Billy Sunday Snowstorm March 1, 1914

[CapnJack]

Stock up on the essentials folks...

[Nuc1]

Just can't wait till Friday. Saw a chip monk today. In Vt in Feb. Had hopes for spring. Oh well...Shovels at the ready. Tnhut...Right Shoulder Shovels...Forward March...

[tropical]

ROTFLOL

I’m in the hit the liquor store part of the storm track. Nice!!!

[NRPM]

I was happy, too, to see that the worst part is supposed to miss Buffalo. A lot of places have had a worse winter than Buffalo, which is gratifying!

[capydick]

No problem - enjoy!

[capydick]

The assault on the super markets begins at sunup!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Snow drifts 18 feet high...now that is a storm...

[justa-hairyape]

The near Hurricane force winds probably did that. Will have to wait and see how this one winds up. Will pick up some power off the southeast coast where some of the the Gulf Stream heat is still flowing, but up along the northeast coast, still got winter time water temps.

[RebelTXRose]

They now say we will get 6-12 inches of snow... darn! Shovels are ready.

[justa-hairyape]

Here is a snowfall total map for the Beast. FYI - This winter every day before the storm hits, they usually increase the projected totals. We will probably see some >24 inch areas by Thursday morning. Basically a cold Arctic system coming down the Midwest will turn and combine with the Low that will turn and ride up the Jet Stream and come up out of the Florida Gulf Stream. There are also a couple of southern storms next week that are going bring some crazy type snow to the deep south. Snow in Florida again in March ?