Some areas are going to have a lot and other areas will only get four or five inches,” noted Glen Field, warning coordination meteorologist at the weather service office in Boston. “We’re trying to tell people not to focus on the amount of snow that you’ve got. Localized snow totals of 24 to 30 inches are possible. The area includes the Catskills and southern Adirondacks in New York, Berkshires and Worcester Hills in Massachusetts, Monadnocks and White Mountains in New Hampshire, and southern Green Mountains in Vermont. Heavy, wet snow could fall at 2-3 inches per hour, resulting in up to a foot of snow in the higher elevations of the Northeast. More than 20 million people are under winter alerts in advance of the storm, including cities like Boston and Worchester in Massachusetts, Albany and Syracuse in New York and Portland, Maine. Further inland, winds will top 50-55 mph, adding to the threat of falling tree limbs and power outages. “Similar impacts could be felt along the I-95 corridor from New York City to Boston.”Īlong Cape Cod and the islands, winds could gust as high as 60 mph. “The heavy-wet nature of the snow, combined with max wind gusts up to 50 mph, will result in scattered to widespread power outages and tree damage,” the prediction center explained.
Closer to Boston, the storm will peak Tuesday into Wednesday. Heavy rain and windy conditions will be the opening act, before the storm peaks tonight through Tuesday evening. It’s known as ‘snow loading’ and has to do with the heavy, wet type of snow we are expecting.”Īreas around New York City will begin feeling the storm’s effects later today. “The greatest concerns that I have about this storm is the fact that there will be heavy, wet snow that will combine with high winds, essentially causing power outages,” David Novak, director of the Weather Prediction Center, told CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. Nor’easters are notorious for bringing huge impacts such as heavy rain, snow, strong winds, power outages and coastal flooding.
“Overnight Monday, a coastal low pressure will strengthen rapidly into a major nor’easter that significantly impacts the Northeast beginning later Monday night through Wednesday,” the Weather Prediction Center said.Ī nor’easter is a coastal storm with winds out of the northeast.
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