Weather Channel -- Friday, February 8, 2013
Winter Storm Nemo: Historic Blizzard Arrives TonightWinter Storm Nemo will shift its focus from the Great Lakes today, and bare its teeth on New England tonight into Saturday.
Blizzard warnings are in effect from coastal Maine to northern New Jersey, including Portland, Maine, Boston, Hartford, Providence, to the New York City metro area and Long Island.
The heaviest snow totals by early Sunday morning are expected in New England from coastal Maine to Connecticut, as well as parts of Upstate New York, where one to two feet of snow is expected! Some locations, particularly in coastal New England, may approach, or even exceed three feet storm total snow! The following cities are most likely to see at least one foot of snow:
• Boston
• Hartford
• Providence
• Portland, Maine
• Concord, N.H.
This has the potential to be a top 10 snowstorm all-time in Boston! According to the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., in records dating to 1935, there have been only seven snowstorms of 20 inches or more in Boston, topped by the Feb. 17-18, 2003 snowstorm (27.5") and the infamous "Blizzard of '78" (Feb. 6-7; 27.1").
A snow total of 18.2" or more would place it in the top 10 list all-time.
Heavy snow in excess of six inches is also expected from northern New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania into western New York and central Lower Michigan, including the following cities:
Amounts generally less than six inches are expected a bit farther south and west, including Philadelphia and Detroit.
Friday: Snow begins in the morning in southern New England, including Boston and Hartford. Snow ends in Lower Michigan around midday. Snow continues, heavy at times, over New York state, far northern/northeast Pennsylvania and most of New England through the day. NYC, Long Island, central/southern New Jersey may start as rain much of the day.
Friday night: Heavy snow over much of New England, New York, far northern New Jersey and the New York City metro. Snowfall rates of 2-3" per hour are possible in coastal New England, including Boston, Hartford, and Portland, Maine. Areas of stubborn rain along the southeast New England coast may crash over to heavy snow overnight, with the possible exception of parts of Cape Cod and Nantucket Island, which may stay as a cold rain.
Saturday: Heavy, wind-driven snow continues in New England, shifting to the eastern New England coast by afternoon. Snow ends in the morning around New York City. Snow finally tapers off in Boston Saturday evening, and pulls off Downeast Maine after midnight Sunday morning.
It's not just the snow, [there will be a] threat from high winds.
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