A new storm could affect areas east of the Mississippi River Monday and Tuesday with snow, ice, rain, strong winds, damaging thunderstorms and flooding. The deadly ice storm that hit the Midwest is
pounding Atlantic Canada early this morning.
BREAKING WEATHER NEWS:
New Storm Could Impact Many People Early Next Week
As the deadly storm drops up to 18 inches of snow in parts of northern Maine and up to 45 centimeters of snow on a portion of Atlantic Canada early this morning, a new storm is forecast to develop
along the western Gulf of Mexico Coast this weekend.
The storm is expected to take more of a south-to-north track, unlike the most recent storm that had more of a west-to-east path.
AccuWeather.com meteorologists are pondering where the new storm will track, as it holds the key to which locations will get hit with heavy snow, ice, flooding rain and the strongest winds.
A track along or just west of the Appalachians would mean heavy snow and perhaps more ice for hard-hit areas of the Ohio Valley, while heavy rain and high winds sweep northward along the Atlantic
Seaboard potentially leading to flooding.
Much of New England and part of the central Appalachians have a deep snow pack that holds inches of water. A storm delivering heavy rain and rising temperatures could rapidly melt the snow, leading
to serious stream and river flooding. Strong onshore winds at the coast could bring above-normal tides.
A track closer to or just off the coast could deliver a snowstorm or ice to a large part of the Atlantic Seaboard, especially over the mid-Atlantic and New England. The potential for this storm is
anywhere from a modest snowfall to one that could have a major effect on ground and air travel.
Damaging thunderstorms could affect Florida and other areas in the Southeast.
While the storm has some similarities on paper to the Storm of the Century in March of 1993, there are still a wide range of possibilities at this point.
The storm will begin to produce rain over eastern Texas and Louisiana Sunday and rain could spread into parts of Florida and the southern Atlantic Coast later Sunday night.
Nearly every computer model is suggesting a major storm will impact areas of the East Coast Monday into Tuesday. The track remains the big question.
The major winter storm that has been blamed for at least 23 deaths since Monday, brought a mixture of snow, ice and rain to the mid-Atlantic and Southeast New England Wednesday.
Up to 30 centimeters could be on the ground in Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec, by the time the storm departs this morning.
In the wake of the storm today, the area from the southern Plains to the Atlantic Seaboard will get a break from the nasty weather.
Mild air today will replace the cold early this morning over the southern Plains. However, any warm-up will be brief in the Ohio Valley, as a new cold blast will roll in Friday from Canada.
Thousands were still without power early this morning in the Midwest, as temperatures dropped into the teens and 20s. Some areas could be without power for days. Close to three quarters of a million
customers were without power from the storm spanning Monday night through Wednesday.
On top of the troubles in parts of the Midwest, a brief surge of warmth and plain rain Wednesday forced small streams out of their banks in Kentucky and West Virginia. Falling temperatures early this
morning will control the run-off.
Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski covers AccuWeather.com's News Information
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