While Chicago has been hit by snow, New York City and other metropolitan areas are next for their biggest snowstorm of the season.
Six to 10 inches of snow for parts of the Northeast.
AccuWeather.com predicts 3-6 inches of snow for New York City.
Widespread snow-related watches and warnings in effect.
Major arctic blast destined for East.
Growing concern for East snowstorms next week.
Santa Ana Wind for Southern California.
Raw video of the snowstorm hitting Chicago.
A Plowable Snowstorm all the way to New York City
For cities like New York and Pittsburgh, this could be the biggest snowstorm of the season so far. The storm produced 3 inches of snow across Chicago Friday morning, resulting in over 200 flights to
be canceled and extensive travel delays in and around the city. Gusty winds led to delays around New York City Friday afternoon, ahead of the storm.
The storm is still the development stages and only will grow stronger into Saturday causing heavier snow to develop. People across the southern Ohio Valley could experience a thunderstorm later
tonight into early Saturday, and it is that energy that will move north into the cold air mass lying across Pennsylvania into New Jersey, resulting in heavy snow. At times, the snow will come down at
the rate of 1-2 inches per hour, resulting in a quick cover of snow on roads and extremely poor travel.
Pittsburgh will be the first to get hit followed by New York City and Boston later on. Each of those cities will get close to 6 inches of snow, making this the biggest snowstorm of the season.
Be part of the forum discussion about the storm that will hit New York City.
Snow in the Forecast for Philadelphia.
Washington, D.C., is on the edge of the snow.
Kate Bilo on snow removal.
Midwest is being hit by the snow.
Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski covers AccuWeather.com's News Information
The Coldest Weather Possible In Nearly 15 Years
Bitterly cold air bottled up over the depths of the Arctic will plunge southward next week, gripping the eastern two-thirds of the nation.
The frigid air will likely arrive in two waves. The first shot will blast the Midwest and Northeast early next week. The second, which will prove to be the harshest, will encompass virtually all
places east of the Rockies by next weekend.
Expert Senior Meteorologist
Elliot Abrams reports, "
Joe Bastardi has been talking about a daytime temperature below zero in Chicago and a nighttime low near 0 in New York City... and if one of
these Arctic highs makes the plunge south and east, those ideas will turn out right."
Blustery winds will usher in the arctic air, resulting in even colder and potentially dangerous AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures.
The air Friday over a portion of Alaska was colder than the air anywhere else in the northern hemisphere. That is the source region for the air coming into the northern Plains next week.
There are early indications of a reinforcing shot of arctic air settling over the East in the days leading up to
Inauguration Day.
AccuWeather.com Community Director Jesse Ferrell says that the forums are abuzz about this potential for extreme cold next week in the Northeast. He has a blog showing maps and data from the GFS,
which says that New York City will be the coldest in at least 14 years.
Forum on the cold weather
Computer models shown on
the Community blog show just how cold the weather will be next week.
Meteorologist Elliot Abrams is the Chief Forecaster for AccuWeather.com
Growing Concern for Potential Snowstorms Next Week
AccuWeather.com is keeping a close eye on the potential for snowstorms to develop along the leading edge of the arctic blasts next week.
The first shot of arctic air could help spawn a major snowstorm over New England and
Atlantic Canada Tuesday into Wednesday. A storm
accompanying the second arctic blast could return significant snow from the Midwest to the Northeast's major cities later in the week.
The exact details of these storms will become clearer in the upcoming days. Pinpointing the exact track of storms that are several days away is difficult as storms have a high potential of shifting
course or may fail to take shape.
One aspect of the long-range forecast that has raised the confidence level slightly here at AccuWeather.com is that models have recently been consistent on showing a snowstorm impacting a part of the
Northeast on Tuesday.
Meteorologist Brett Anderson covers Canadian Weather for AccuWeather.com
La Niña Developing
According to Expert Senior Meteorologist
Joe Lundberg,
there are indications that a "weak La Niña may be developing" in the Pacific Ocean. The La Niña may explain why the Southeast has not had much in the way of snow and cold weather this
winter so far.
Katie Fehlinger discusses what is a La Niña
What are the weather implications of a La Niña
Katie Fehlinger is a Broadcaster for AccuWeather.com
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