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Major snowstorms will strike both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts later today while bitter cold grips the nation's midsection.
The Eastern storm will be most intense from northern New Jersey and Long Island northward through northern New England from tonight through Wednesday. The combination of snow and wind will result in near-blizzard conditions, especially across southern and eastern New England, including Hartford, Conn., Providence, R.I., and Boston.
The National Weather Service is forecasting 10 to 16 inches of snow in those areas, with wind gusts to 35 mph, resulting in very low visibility and significant blowing and drifting snow. In the New York City area, forecasters are predicting 8 to 14 inches of snow, with locally higher amounts on Long Island.
While the East Coast storm will be intense, the snow generally won't pile up as high as it did during the post-Christmas blizzard that hit the region. But accumulating snow will be more widespread this time, extending southward into the Washington-Baltimore area and westward into the Ohio Valley and interior parts of the Northeast.
The Pacific Northwest storm, which is expected to begin later this afternoon and peak tonight into Wednesday morning, will produce snow even in the typically rainy and mild cities of Seattle and Portland.
A couple of inches of snow is expected in the metropolitan areas of western Washington, and a traffic-snarling combination of snow, freezing rain and sleet as far south as northern Oregon, including Portland. The snow and ice will change to rain around midnight tonight. Snowfall will be heavier -- locally more than a foot -- in the mountains and in interior parts of Washington and northern Oregon.
Between the two winter storms, much of the northern tier of the nation will remain gripped by very cold weather. The coldest air will remain centered in the northern Plains and northern Rockies. Temperatures Tuesday night will drop to minus 25 in parts of northern Montana and North Dakota, and will approach zero as far south as the Oklahoma panhandle.
The much colder than normal conditions will continue across the northern tier of the country this week, and a re-enforcing -- and potentially more bitter -- shot of Arctic air will move into the northern Plains and northern Rockies by early next week.
Link: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/11/snowstorms-bear-down-on-coasts-with-bitter-cold-in-between/
The Eastern storm will be most intense from northern New Jersey and Long Island northward through northern New England from tonight through Wednesday. The combination of snow and wind will result in near-blizzard conditions, especially across southern and eastern New England, including Hartford, Conn., Providence, R.I., and Boston.
The National Weather Service is forecasting 10 to 16 inches of snow in those areas, with wind gusts to 35 mph, resulting in very low visibility and significant blowing and drifting snow. In the New York City area, forecasters are predicting 8 to 14 inches of snow, with locally higher amounts on Long Island.
While the East Coast storm will be intense, the snow generally won't pile up as high as it did during the post-Christmas blizzard that hit the region. But accumulating snow will be more widespread this time, extending southward into the Washington-Baltimore area and westward into the Ohio Valley and interior parts of the Northeast.
The Pacific Northwest storm, which is expected to begin later this afternoon and peak tonight into Wednesday morning, will produce snow even in the typically rainy and mild cities of Seattle and Portland.
A couple of inches of snow is expected in the metropolitan areas of western Washington, and a traffic-snarling combination of snow, freezing rain and sleet as far south as northern Oregon, including Portland. The snow and ice will change to rain around midnight tonight. Snowfall will be heavier -- locally more than a foot -- in the mountains and in interior parts of Washington and northern Oregon.
Between the two winter storms, much of the northern tier of the nation will remain gripped by very cold weather. The coldest air will remain centered in the northern Plains and northern Rockies. Temperatures Tuesday night will drop to minus 25 in parts of northern Montana and North Dakota, and will approach zero as far south as the Oklahoma panhandle.
The much colder than normal conditions will continue across the northern tier of the country this week, and a re-enforcing -- and potentially more bitter -- shot of Arctic air will move into the northern Plains and northern Rockies by early next week.
Link: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/11/snowstorms-bear-down-on-coasts-with-bitter-cold-in-between/
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