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.
The snow blower not my granny.
All to true. I am 100 % convince the is a small but solid core of FReepers who would have sacrificed the lives of thousands of fellow Americans (Yes Blue State Americans, but Americans never the less. Let us not forget that Jim Robinson lives in a Blue State. Lots of good solid Americans live in Blue States, not just government dole zombies.) if it would have kept ‘Bama’ from the ‘White Hut’.
That’s hardly been my life experience. I lived and worked with the National Theater of the Deaf [NTD] when it was located in Chester, CT and under the direction of David Hays.
I never once [some were 12 hour days] saw that amount of emoting on the street or the stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwUsP8ZoQ_8
Your mileage may differ. :)
Still snowing here in Conn. Still have power, so I’m gonna make some breakfast and check out the work ahead.
True. THAT lady is more than most of what I’ve seen for the most part.
We got close to a foot. It’s pretty heavy, dense stuff.
We’re due for a warming trend with freezing rain forecast for Sunday night and early Monday morning with highs in the 40’s Monday.
31 inches here and still going. Dish can’t pick up a signal (probably too much snow packed around it). Seems to be fairly light stuff here, fairly cold for a snowstorm.
Not quite sure how I’m gonna clear a path to the road. This is way beyond my snowblower’s capacity and I don’t think the plow guy will be able to move all that snow. I’ll probably take small chunks out with the snow blower.
Fifty eight above zero is cold???!
Where do you live, in a volcano? (8^D)
Thanks for posting that great picture! We’ve had lake effect snow in the Detroit area twice in the past couple weeks. That’s kind of unusual. It’s fun to shovel with a push broom and be able to clear your driveway in three minutes!
That’s one nice thing about the extreme cold, it makes light fluffy snow.
That nor’easter stuff is pretty heavyweight.
It’s going to take you a while.
It’s VERY gradually tapering off here. We’ve gotten another couple inches but its’ very light and fluffy. I’m kind of waiting for it to stop to finish clearing the driveway.
Mr. mm had the snowblower out for an hour and a quarter this morning doing just the driveway and the sidewalk.
Where do you live, in a volcano? (8^D)
To make matters worse, I turned on the heater to my truck riding home, not on high however, LOL.
About 2 hours to do my long driveway. Had to shovel some, actually fairly lightweight till you get to the lowest 2-4 inches.
Still have to dig out my car. Might wait till I give myself a rest.
Nothing beats a 4wd ATV with a plow.
Bought one 15 yrs ago (Polaris) and it’s been a real asset in storms.
Plus it’s fun to operate.
Then you can take off the plow (3 quick release pins) and tow a sled full of kids.
Ha, that sounds like fun. Saw a ATV with a plow on my road, not sure it would have made a dent in this snow. Some of the drifts on my driveway were 4 feet high.
I had to make maybe 1/4 width passes to throw most of the snow, then double back for a second clean up pass.
I have a snow plow guy on contract, but last time we got near this much snow, he got stuck in our driveway and had to come back with a farm tractor and payloader attachment to finish.
Is your forecast for freezing rain as well?
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