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Major Snow Storm For Tuesday

... together for a major snow storm here in New England.  As discussed in previous blog posts, a very energetic jet stream will help carve out a strong, rapidly intensifying storm system off the east coast.  That storm will move from Cape Hatteras to just southeast of Nantucket from Tuesday morning into Tuesday night. STORM READY LINKS: Storm Ready Resource Guide | Interactive Hurricane Tracker | Evacuation Routes & Storm Surge Maps | Ocean & Bay Forecast | Latest 7 Day Forecast | Pinpoint Weather Blog | Live Pinpoint Doppler 12 Radar | Threat Tracker | Pinpoint Traffic | __link__ Flight Tracker | Closings & Delays | Download: Pinpoint Weather App | Download: Eyewitness News App | Sign Up: Weather Alerts. Outside of some fluctuations in forecast track, the forecast for Tuesday remains unchanged.  As we get closer to the time of the storm, we’ll get a ...

Biggest Storm This Winter To Bring Snow, Wintry Mix And Wind

... tracks TO the northeast, but the wind is blowing FROM the northeast. He managed to figure it out, without sophisticated satellites, radar, or even a network of observations. Pretty impressive. This storm is going to become a classic Nor’easter. But, as usual, the storm track is crucial. It’s that nearby Atlantic Ocean that causes the difficulty (of course, if there was no ocean there, the storm wouldn’t form in the first place). A track too close to the coast allows warmer air to move in, changing snow to rain. Tracks too far offshore lead to less precipitation. Miss the track forecast by a mere 50 miles and there can be a difference between 2” and 10”-or even more. NBC 10 First Alert Severe Weather Central. Computer models were in pretty good agreement last Thursday for the storm, but started to ...

New Yorkers Stockpile Supplies As Massive Snowstorm Looms

... on supplies Sunday. Cash registers at the Home Depot at the Bronx Terminal Market were ringing nonstop with shoppers like Mary Ann Vascotto, a Harlem teacher, who was grabbing 50 pounds of salt. “I’ll probably have the day off because I’m a teacher — hopefully. I think we were all caught by surprised because the snow is supposed to be over by now,” said Vascotto, 56. Another shopper, Desiree Tindall, wasn’t taking any chances. “You don’t want to take the chance. you want to prepare yourself — flashlights, I have buckets, batteries, extra waters, every thing you think about it,” said Tindall, 40, a social worker. Some city dwellers worried they wouldn’t be able to get takeout. “Do you know what is worse than 18 inches of snow? No food delivery,” grad student Jen Marcus, 24, said while loading up on groceries at a Morton Williams in Greenwich Village. New York City has seen 19.4 inches of snowfall so far this year — a bit more than the 18.3 inches that would be normal for this time, according to Accu Weather. The average New York City snowfall through the end of March is 20.2 inches, so ...

Snowstorm Moves Into Central Iowa Overnight; See Snow Totals

... City and Waterloo by 5 p.m. Sunday. The snow will spread across central Iowa and by 9 p.m. there will be pockets of heavy snow in Des Moines along Interstate 80, stretching as far south as Lamoni, which could also receive light rain. The system will continue to move eastward into the morning hours and by 7 a.m. areas near Marshalltown could still be receiving the remnants of the snowfall and precipitation. Meteorologists advise commuters to be cautious of slick roads Sunday evening, as well as when going into work Monday morning, and to take more time than usual. There will also be gusting winds, which will reduce visibility. SNOW TOTALS. Areas south of Des Moines likely won’t see any snow coming from this system, but portions of northwestern Iowa, central Iowa and southeastern Iowa could receive as much as 1-2 inches of snow. North of Highway 20, Iowans can expect 6-8 inches or more of heavy/wet snowfall by Monday evening. Snow in the evening will give way to lingering snow showers overnight. Lows will hover around the ...

Biggest Snow Storm Of The Year To Hit East, Me

... is from the National Weather Service. This may end up kind of like the Blizzard of 2016 , or the Blizzard of 2010 , but further north and east. That's the last big storm the East Coast had. This could get really interesting; the NESIS snow page says the Northeast hasn't had a "Crippling" or "Extreme" snow storm outside of 2016. Before that, you go back to 2003 or 2005 (which was a New England storm). Here are some stats for other major cities in the path of the storm. Baltimore, MD. Top 1-Day Snow: 26.6 (1994). Since 2000: 14.0" (2003). Top 10 > 15.1". As I said, it's hard to get big snows here in Central Pa. We're often too far west for nor'easters, and too far east for lake-effect snow. In fact in State College, there have only been three storms with more than a foot of snow since 2000, and the most snow we've seen on one day from a storm in that time period is only 14 inches! (If you go back to 1994 though, you'll find our maximum 1-day total of ...

18 Inches Of Snow Possible

... and New England. In New York City, forecasters said the first snow is expected late Monday or just after midnight Tuesday, with up to 4 inches falling by dawn. Heavy snow the rest of the day could pile 10 to 14 inches more of white stuff, with sustained winds of about 30 mph and wind gusts of up to 50 mph. "This would certainly be the biggest snowstorm of the 2017 winter season in New York City," said Faye Barthold, a weather service meteorologist based on Long Island. On Long Island, a snowfall of 12 to 18 inches was forecast along with equally strong winds and visibility of a quarter mile or less. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the New York State Emergency Operations Center will be activated Monday evening, with stockpiles of sandbags, generators and pumps at the ready, as well as snow-removal vehicles and salt spreaders. The New York City Department of Sanitation is taking similar action and also notifying additional ...

Sunday Evening Models Remain Very Snowy For Monday Night Storm, But Introduce More Wintry Mix

... as the main part of the storm concludes during Tuesday morning. Occasional light snow showers are possible into the afternoon as temperatures rise through the 30 s. This is a very complicated situation, both at high altitude and here on the ground. This storm comes together from interactions of multiple atmospheric waves. It’s only made trickier because we’ve got marginal temperatures for snow, largely due to the time of year. The general idea of more snow north and west and less south and east continues. 12:05 a.m. update: A few tweaks to our snow map are inbound. We’ll have more details shortly. 11:45 p.m. update: The GFS is in for the storm period around here. It ticked a hair warmer, but it still shows a formidable snowstorm across the area. (Storm Vista Wx Models). This run does likely bring some sleet into the city for a while. It’s the first GFS run since yesterday that has shown any mix with sleet or rain into D. C. A majority of major northeast snowstorms do bring a mix into the area for at least ...