As the heavy, wind-swept rain that drenched the Northeast Saturday shifts across New England through Sunday morning, an arctic front will surge southward through the northern
Plains. The coldest air of the season will spill in behind this front across the eastern two-thirds of the country through Monday, allowing for the first significant lake-effect snow of the season.
The weekend got off to a soggy start in the Northeast as rain engulfed the region Friday night into Saturday. As of Saturday afternoon, widespread rainfall totals of one to two inches were measured
from Virginia to New York.
The heavy rain will spread across New England tonight, bringing similar totals to the region. Flooding will be a concern, especially in coastal and urban areas, as well as low-lying and poor drainage
areas.
The
East Regional News story reports that non-thunderstorm winds alone will gust as high as 50 mph across New
England through Sunday morning.
Winds were howling across the Northeast throughout the day Saturday, with gusts up to 60 mph reported near Riverton, W.Va., around midday. Gusty winds late in the afternoon were reported to have
downed wires around West Hartford and Farmington, Conn.
The Severe Weather Center lists the storm and flood-related
watches and warnings in effect through the morning in New
England.
As rain spreads east across New England, an arctic front will begin its decent through the eastern two-thirds of the country, ushering in the coldest air of the season. This front will plow through
the northern Plains and Upper Midwest by Sunday morning.
Gusty northwesterly winds behind the front will add to the chill. According to the
Midwest Regional News story,
ReelFeel® temperatures will drop into the single digits in the northern Plains into Sunday morning.
The chilly air will spill farther south and east through the Midwest Sunday and into the South and East on Monday, allowing for the first significant lake-effect snow of the season. Bands of snow and
blinding squalls will develop to the lee of the upper Great Lakes Sunday night into Monday, and to the lee of the lower Great Lakes by Monday into Tuesday.
The
Winter Weather Center reports that up to a foot of snow is possible in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by Monday, while several
inches of snow will fall to the lee side of lakes Erie and Ontario by Tuesday.
In addition to the first significant lake-effect snow event of the season, the arctic blast will also bring the first snow of the season to parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Sunday.
The Southeast will also get a taste of wintry weather Monday night, as the shot of cold air triggers the potential for frost in the interior parts of the Southeast and Mississippi Valley.
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