Snowstorm Eyes Northeastern US
Even though it’s been warmer than usual in the Northeast lately, a big snowstorm is coming soon. Meteorologists at US say part of the region will get covered in snow by the middle of next week.
For a while now, US experts have been saying the weather would change in the middle of February. Now it looks like they were right because it’s getting colder in the Northeast.
At first, the storm will have a hard time finding cold air in places like the Ohio Valley, the central Appalachians, and the mid-Atlantic. Even though it will start getting colder on Sunday and Monday, it might still be too warm for snow in many areas.
In places like the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic, central Appalachians, and southern New England, the first part of the storm will bring rain or a mix of rain, wet snow, and maybe a bit of sleet from Monday to Monday night.
But in the second part of the storm, starting Monday night in some areas, parts of the central Appalachians, upper mid-Atlantic, and New England could get all snow. It might snow a lot in some places.
“The cold air will come into the storm, so the heaviest snow will probably be from northern Pennsylvania to southeastern upstate New York, and southern and central New England, starting Monday night until Tuesday evening,” said Bernie Rayno, a meteorologist at AccuWeather.
In places like southern New Jersey through Virginia, it will mainly rain. It will snow in New York City but probably not until Tuesday. They might get about an inch of snow in Manhattan, mostly on non-paved surfaces. But just north of Manhattan, the snow could pile up quickly. If it snows heavily for a few hours on Tuesday, several inches could build up in all five boroughs of New York City and on central Long Island.
Around Philadelphia on Tuesday, there might not be much snow in the city, but there could be a few inches in the northern and western suburbs. Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, probably won’t get much snow. But Boston and Hartford, Connecticut, will likely have enough snow to shovel and plow.
From Monday to Tuesday morning, rain, fog, and low clouds will slow travel along Interstate-95 in the mid-Atlantic. Snow in Boston and later in New York City and Philadelphia will cause airline delays and flight cancellations. Traveling west from New York City on Interstate 80 and north on the Thruway will be difficult because of heavy snow.
“In the central Appalachians to central and southern New England, how much snow you get will depend on elevation,” said a meteorologist in US.
The Poconos in northeastern Pennsylvania and the Endless Mountains in northern Pennsylvania might get 6-10 inches of snow. But lower cities like Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre might only get 3 inches of slush. Other places like the Catskills in eastern New York and the Berkshires in western Connecticut and Massachusetts could get 6-10 inches of snow.
But some areas in western central and northern New York and northern New England might not get any snow.
How much snow we get from the storm depends on if the second part of the storm can bring enough cold air. If the storm isn’t strong enough and doesn’t bring enough cold air, there might not be much snow. But if it gets stronger near the Northeast coast, it could rain a lot and then turn into heavy snow from New York City to Philadelphia and maybe Washington, D.C.
After the storm goes away on Tuesday night, it will get colder for the rest of the week. There might be icy spots on the roads, so people need to be careful when driving or walking.
Even though the storm will make traveling hard, skiers will be happy because there will be fresh snow to enjoy after a mostly warm February.
It’s going to be cold for a while, but there won’t be any extreme cold. There might be more snow in the middle and end of February, even in places that didn’t get snow from this storm.
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