Hurricane-Like Storm Aims for Pennsylvania to Maine Thursday, Friday

[Purveyor]

Source: ACCUWEATHER



A powerful storm of historical proportions is aiming at much of the Northeast Thursday into Friday and will follow up to a foot and a half of snow through Wednesday over upstate New York and western New England.

This second storm will be nothing short of a monster. Even in light of the blizzards earlier this winter that targeted the southern mid-Atlantic, this may be the one that people remember the most this winter in parts of New England and the northern mid-Atlantic.

At its peak, the storm will deliver near hurricane-force wind gusts (74 mph) blinding snow falling at the rate of over an inch per hour. For some people in upstate New York and eastern and northern Pennsylvania, this may seem more like a "snow hurricane" rather than a blizzard.

Cities likely to be impacted by heavy snow for all or at least part of the storm include: New York City, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Scranton, Allentown, Reading, Williamsport and Burlington.

The storm also deliver heavy rain and flooding northeast of the center of circulation.

The cities of Boston, Providence and Portland may have their hands full with coastal flooding problems.

The combination of wind, heavy rain and heavy snow will lead to extensive power outages and property damage. Where numerous trees and lines are blown down, the power could be out for a week in some areas.

Read more: http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=eastusnews

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Nope, no climate change here. No weather irregularities at all.

Move along you. Back in line.

[twitomy]

20. Imagine that, snow in winter....

The four horsemen of the apocalypse is surely next.

And here all along I though the LACK of snow was proof of GW...Man cant keep it straight anymore...

[drm604]

25. You thought wrong.

This snow is neither proof nor disproof of climate change. I'm not sure where you got the idea otherwise.

[twitomy]

29. I got the idea from all the nonsense in the media over the last several

years (see the first post to this topic), that every occurence of extreme weather is becasue of GW.

Of course doesnt mean I bought into it. I forgot to add my sarcasm thingy....

[drm604]

32. That's what happens when you get science information from the media.

Go to a university website or read something like Nature or Scientific American. (I'm talking about people in general, you didn't buy into it.)

[twitomy]

70. True

What passes for Science in media these days is Dany Glover saying the Haiti earthquakes was becasue of GW..

[UpInArms]

31. more moisture in the air (sucked up from warmer oceans) means

more snow in the winter.

[Name removed]

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[theophilus]

37. Well, this might not be proof of anything....but if the fresh water is increasing in the

north Atlantic then the Gulf Stream conveyor may slow, or stop. If that were to happen, and it has in the past, the Northeast might be under hundreds of feet of snow in just a couple years. Really.

Personally, I think that this unusual weather IS proof of climate change. Call it what you will. This past January was one of the warmest, globally, or maybe THE warmest, globally, on record. Humans better wake up and get real. There isn't much room for error on this, folks. IMO.

[CLANG]

43. No you didn't!

:blush: :scared: :crazy: :7

[PatrynXX]

59. I still call it global warming because thats what it is, but it changes the weather patterns

so stupid people like Rush.. then we have to use Climate Change.

[PavePusher]

64. Storms like this happen occasionaly.

So far I see no apparent pattern in frequency or strength.

[Maine-ah]

63. it's been rather warm for February. It's raining right now.

[tavalon]

68. You are either highly uneducated or making a poor attempt at humor

[twitomy]

75. How does one get "highly uneducated"?

Does that require post-grad work? internship?

[tavalon]

78. PhD - Piled higher and deeper

[Roland99]

2. CRAZY El Nino year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoHz56jWGY

[Old Vet]

3. Yup, local forecast for rochester,ny is.......

10-20in of snow. And I thought spring was near.WRONG.

[hedgehog]

10. I have been expecting this storm since January. Look for an incredible

snowfall that all melts away in a week and that's it for snow. The real problem will be an early April ice storm somewhere between me and thee!

[elias49]

19. Hedgehog sees shadow? n/t

[hedgehog]

39. LOL, no, I just remember a recent winter very similar to this.

We had an absolutely ridiculous dump in early March, then everything melted for an early Spring. Then a few weeks later we had a horrendous ice storm. I live on an old Christmas tree farm. The farmer planted Christmas trees in rows back around 1951, but never harvested them, so we're talking 40' Christmas trees, now. Between the ice, wind and soaked ground, 5 acres of trees dropped like rows of dominoes.

I had taken pictures of the snow, then forgotten all about that storm when the ice hit. I took more pictures of the ice, and was surprised by the previous snow scenes on the same roll of film.

Anyhow, this winter seems to be playing out the same way.

[Roland99]

46. Louisville had the worst ice storm I've seen in my 43 years last Jan.

It's what led me (along with having lost my job last Jan.) to move to a sunnier climate. :)

[Habibi]

66. Well, we've had a pretty mild winter in Roc this year

or should I say, pretty typical. Guess I'd better do the upstate thing and head to Wegman's today. :D

[Old Vet]

72. I know Danny,

Did Some repair work for his Ex-wife on E.Lake Rd, He owns the biggest Log cabin Ive ever seen.

[kentauros]

4. So-o, y'all on the upper East Coast are getting your hurricane after all

since that extra-tropical one last year didn't quite get to the coast (unless you live in Nova Scotia) ;)

Be prepared and stay safe :)

[soleft]

5. It's a Blizzardcane or a Hurricanizard

[Dr.Phool]

14. A shitstorm.

As in "Oh shit"!

[druidity33]

6. already a foot on the ground here...

in Western Massachusetts...

probably get another foot tomorrow.

:shrug:

[AllentownJake]

7. Oh Fuck

[MgtPA]

12. Exactly... *sigh*

[Earth_First]

8. At least we are getting it where we can use it...

It's essentially useless in the mid-Atlantic.

[AlbertCat]

27. It's essentially useless in the mid-Atlantic.

Ummmm.... we like the water table to not be too low just as much as you guys do. My bulbs don't think it's useless. Not as much run off with melting snow, y'know. Tends to soak n.

[RobinA]

34. I'm in the Mid-Atlantic

and the water table is close to flowing into the house. Big snow, another big snow, entire day of rain, melt from two big snows and now another big one coming...

[safeinOhio]

9. Sounds like very cold temps and

down power lines. Deadly combo. Good time to look into a portable generator. Good ole fashion canned spam, candles, bottled water and warm cloths.

[hedgehog]

11. Anyone want to volunteer to start the winter disaster advice thread?

I've repeated my advice and experieinces several times, I'm afraid people may be sick of hearing from me about this.

[Dr.Phool]

16. I usually start buying that stuff around this time of year.

For hurricane season.

Spam-check
Tuna- check
Bottled water-check
Stoli and beer-check,check,check,check,.........

[elias49]

21. and maybe a quarter oz n/t

[AlbertCat]

28. Spam..yuk!

[Dr.Phool]

61. But, it's got a half-life of 40,000 years.

Besides, the dog likes it.

[smirkymonkey]

74. Don't forget the Duct Tape and Plastic Sheeting!

:scared:

[LibertyLover]

13. The latest computer models out this afternoon have pushed the

snow watch down past Baltimore and into DC and the surrounding metro area. I live in Annapolis and we are being told that we could get 5 to 12 inches of snow. Damn - I was just beginning to see bare patches in my back yard from the last 2 blizzards.

[hedgehog]

15. Accuweather may or may not be jumping the gun on this one.

The NWS hasn't poasted yet nr has the Weather Channel. On the other hand, local meteorologist Kevin Phillips has been warning us here in Central New York to watch out for this week-end sincelast week-end.

Another local guy with long experience here agrees:
We have a very complicated weather pattern ahead for the next several days, and it all starts with low pressure and a rain/snow mix working in from the south tonight. As temperatures drop a few degrees, this will allow a dramatic blossomming of a wet snow to form for much of upstate New York. While our computer models continue to differ on the exact amount of snow central and eastern New York will receive, some snow will occur locally. The heaviest snow should fall from Utica/Rome east into eastern NY and taper off midday Wednesday. This is only part one. A tremendous amount of energy from the south and west is then forecast to work in and blow up a strong storm over the northeast Thursday into Friday with plenty of moisture and increasing winds. The exact location of the center of the storm will be a major factor in who gets hit with the heaviest snow. Right now northern and eastern NY would appear to be in line for the heaviest snows, but stay tuned! My forecast for tonight, rain and wet snow will change to periods of wet snow. Accumulation 1-3" overnight except 3-6" Utica/Rome and 6-10" for the Hudson Valley. Wind: E then N 0-9 MPH.
http://www.cnycentral.com/weather/

And he works with a cat!

http://www.cnycentral.com/about/bio.aspx?id=356

[StClone]

17. ACCUweather are WInger nuts....but

There is a very good chance their's is the first of similar forecasts. BTW, the head forecaster for ACCU is anti-Climate Change hack.

[njlib]

18. Northwest NJ here

and according to the latest weather on the 8's, the Weather Channel says we're getting snow tonight, tomorrow, and then the big one on Thursday & Friday. Tonight & tomorrow we're looking at 1-3 inches, but there will be periods of rain that keep the accumulation down. They're not giving anything other than "Snow" for Thursday, but the crawl at the bottom of the screen says we're in a winter weather advisory & watch from now until Friday!

The wind is what I hate the most. Accuweather is saying sustained winds of 28 mph, with gusts up to 58 mph. Hope all my trees stay up! Guess I'll be hitting the grocery store tomorrow for some food that doesn't need to be cooked and some extra water.

[AsahinaKimi]

22. STAY SAFE back there

and warm! Its presently Raining in San Francisco..

[Art_from_Ark]

48. And it's sunny in Tokyo now

Nice clear day, high in the mid-50s. There have been three little snows this year that have all melted within hours of falling.

[onehandle]

23. There's this movie...

[Old Vet]

24. After it stops on most ,We get the heavy..

Lake effect from ontario, And its not frozen. You whip up the winds there talking and its anyones guess what happens.This area is pretty much well use to this stuff now and then though.

[AlbertCat]

30. There's this movie... unfortunately. What a piece of crap it was!

[theophilus]

38. Actually, it laid out some pretty specific events. They happened really

quick in the pic...audiences go to sleep otherwise, you know. These things are already happening. And they ARE happening quicker than scientists predicted. Much quicker. Humans seem pretty dumb right now, imo. If we miss on this we won't be sitting around posting on the internets.....IMO.

[tavalon]

69. You are correct, but short of pressuring our reps

and I do that on a weekly basis, what can a single person do but pop the popcorn and settle in for a big ass horror flick that ends with the death of humans and many, if not most species on this beautiful planet.

[FailureToCommunicate]

50. Much of it was good. Just the long "I'm gonna find my son" part in final1/3 was bad.

[pasto76]

26. remember that a blizzard is defined as "life threatening conditions"

so stay inside.

If you have a fireplace, hope you have firewood. the power will likely go out. Food, water, blankets. If you know an elderly person make sure they will be ok, invite them to stay with you for the duration.

be aware of Carbon Monoxide poisoning dangers. Good luck

SGT PASTO

[droidamus2]

33. Oh Great

I live about 20 east of Lake Champlain and 30 miles north of Burlington (Bakersfield, VT). The little valley we live in always seems to get more snow than the surrounding areas so this should be 'fun'. Maybe a bottle of peppermint schnapps and some good movies are in order.

[Juneboarder]

82. Or two bottles...!?!

:hi:

[happyslug]

35. NWS report from State Collage PA

Does NOT look like it will hit Western Pennsylvania, NWS is predicting only 4-8 inches in Johnstown and less in Pittsburgh. And I rode by bicycle to work today, plan to do the same tomorrow but what about Thursday?


Winter Weather Warnings / Watches / Advisories Issued by NWS State College, PA

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
821 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

...HEAVY SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST REACHING THE NEW YORK CITY AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY FURTHER AND COULD REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS STORM TRACK WILL FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE SNOWS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS SOMERSET COUNTY IN THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS BEGINNING AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY.

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY.



TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-YORK-LANCASTER-
821 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...AND AREAS TO THE EAST...AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

TO COMPLICATE MATTERS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE...ALONG WITH SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND at ...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.


SOMERSET-
821 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

A DEEP...AND WELL-ALIGNED NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLDER AIR WILL COMBINE WITH A POTENT UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ALONG THEMASON DIXON LINE TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DEVELOP INTO A STEADY SNOWFALL THURSDAY MORNING...AND THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES.

TO COMPLICATE MATTERS...THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER STRENGTHENS NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND GUSTS ON THE RIDGES COULD EXCEED 50 MPH.

SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER THE APPROXIMATE 36 HOUR PERIOD COULD EXCEED A FOOT IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RIDGES TO THE WEST OF ROUTE 219.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=CTP&product=WSW&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off


http://forecast.weather.gov/afm/PointClick.php?site=ctp&citySelect=40.3254%3A-78.9195

[winyanstaz]

40. And then there is this....

Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe has called for a full investigation into the climategate affair, calling the actions of the scientists involved “criminal” and part of “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation”. :)
interesting...no?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

41. we just had 5 ft total we don't want anymore Jesus

[AnnieBW]

42. Snowpocalypse 3.0

Thanks for loaning us your backhoes. We'll send them back, along with ours.

[TalkingDog]

44. I'm sorry, I couldn't help but laugh at the graphic

It looks like it's straight out of The Onion

[daleo]

77. I thought so too. n/t

[snowshadow]

45. We Have Been Lucky For Quite Awhile!

My wife and I are retired or at least we thought we were. Living 40 miles east of Albany NY and 10 miles west of Bennington VT, we're kind of used to this type of weather. But this storm sounds like the mother of all storms. Back in Nov. we brought a couple of extra turkeys, so one is in the refrigerator now thawing out, we have a gas stove for cooking and a wood stove for heat and plenty of firewood. Beer, milk and plenty of vegetables from the garden last summer. Now we just have to shovel,just. Do a little at a time and we should be good.

[madmax]

47. Take it easy with the shoveling

thing. I know you're not 'old', I'm 60 myself and in my prime ;) but, if there are kids around looking for a few bucks I let them do it.

Better yet, move down here to NC. Not too hot and not too cold. Just right and no snow to speak of. :bounce:

[snowshadow]

54. I Thought About It

Our son moved to Charleston SC of all places because he got tired of the winters. Because of the politics their I couldn't bring bring myself up to moving their, now NC is different matter. I'm 62 by the way.

[madmax]

76. C'mon down!

We nixed SC for the same reason. We live in the Triangle Area which has been invaded by NJ and NY. It's like being home without all the negatives. Check us out - Wake County. There is a town called Cary which is heavily made up of 'Yankees', the acronym is C -ontainment A -rea R -elocated Y- ankees.

The culture shock is that people are very warm, hospitable, and polite. I've lived here for 2 years and have yet to be flipped the bird by another driver, or had a car horn sounded for not hitting the gas fast enough to suit the idjit behind me, if I want to change lanes the other driver will usually let me thru and not accelerate to cut me off as happens 'up north'. I told my husband if I knew NC was this nice I'd have moved here years ago - with or without him. :evilgrin:

For you the added bonus is that you'd be close to your son. :) :bounce: let's :party:

[jaysunb]

52. Good luck !

But, I must say, " your situation sounds kinda nice." :)

[snowshadow]

58. It's Not To Bad!

We live in the country so we really don't get TV so to speak, no loss there. It would be nice to get broadband, so I wouldn't have to go to the library for the really big downloads. :)

[Gman]

49. We got snow in South Texas today

Our Snowpacalypse:



From www.mysa.com, the San Antonio Express News website.

[PADemD]

51. We got 4 inches of snow tonight just north of the Lehigh Valley.

[Silent3]

53. We keep lucking out here in southern NH...

...with the worst of these big storms passing just south of us most of the time, and this time, just north of us.

We certainly deserve the break after the horrendous ice storm last winter.

[PatrynXX]

55. you know, I'm watching The Day After Tomorrow on blu ray, that's supposed to be exaggerated,

but based on fact. I didn't read this until now, I'm on the deleted portion of the blu ray release. Kinda spooky looking at that graphic and having just watched the movie..


I'd say in TDAT I'd be dead frozen by now. But your groovy in Texas no doubt. (go figure)

[Beacool]

56. NYC area around here and the news said that they are predicting the worst storm of the season.

I thought that was supposed to be the one we had two weeks ago.

:(

[rainbow4321]

79. My daughter lives in NYC

Poor little native Texan..she's been there since January and told me the other night that with all the snow she has seen so far, snow has "lost it's magic" for her.
We saw it so rarely (except for this year) it was a special thing to see it down here.
Then she was in DC for the first blizzard this winter.
Of course, at the time we talked, I'm not sure she knew what was headed ya'lls way this week..I texted to her afterwards about it with the words "ummmm, paralyzing blizzard????"
Stay safe!

[Beacool]

80. Well, this has been a pretty snowy winter.

Other years it hasn't been this bad. I don't live in the city, but I'm right across the Hudson river on the Jersey side. So we get the same weather. I'm at work right now and the snow is coming down at a pretty steady rate. It's supposed to get worse as the day goes on. I'm hoping that they send us home early.

Tell your daughter to hang in there, spring is around the corner.

:D

[Amonester]

57. All the while, a hundred miles up NORTH.....

In Montreal... Guess what... It's raining!

Quite little snow since mid-January, and a very thin layer left on the ground.

Climate change, and El Nino. Usually, all those storms pass over here.

Perhaps in March.

Stay safe.

[uberblonde]

60. Oh shittttttt..............

Not again! The rain just washed the last of the snow away...

[Lorien]

62. If you are in the path of this storm, please consider taping all your windows

get some heavy packing tape-even duct tape- and place a large "X" across your windows at minimum. This can protect both them-and you-from high winds and flying debris, at least to a degree. Please stay safe everyone!

[onestepforward]

65. Just to add

Bring in or tie down anything from outside that could become a projectile in the wind. Encourage your neighbors to do so too.

[hedgehog]

73. That's a good thought - i wouldn't have even considered doing that.

What's the wind speed that starts tossing debris?

[old mark]

67. Spring is less than a month away. Cheer up. nt

[dipsydoodle]

71. Keep your heads down

and stay safe over there. Thoughts are with you. :grouphug:

[fascisthunter]

81. very strange how Boston keeps getting missed