Rain and Snow in the Northeast Today into Sunday...New Storm for the Midwest by Monday-Tuesday...

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for eastern Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island, all of New Hampshire, southern Vermont and southeastern and southwestern Maine through midnight Sunday for 3 to 7 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Little or no accumulation is expected across southern Connecticut, southern Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts including Cape Cod and Nantucket.  Winds are expected to gust to 30 to 40 mph along the coast.  Winter Weather Advisories are also in effect from 6 PM this evening through 7 AM Sunday for interior portions of Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley for up to 1 inch of snow, sleet and freezing rain.  Rain is forecast for the entire New York City metropolitan area with perhaps some wet snow mixing in Saturday night and early Sunday morning. 
A storm is producing rain and snow today across the Pacific Northwest and the central and northern Rockies.  Up to a foot of snow will fall in the mountains through Sunday evening.  Avalanche Warnings are posted this morning for the Cascades and and Olympics of western Washington State.
Another storm will develop on Sunday and Monday in nearly the same location as the one that dumped up to 18 inches of snow in parts of Kansas this past week.  The storm will strengthen on Monday spreading snow, rain and thunderstorms across the southern and central Plains and the Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf Coast.  Severe weather can be expected from this storm on Monday through Wednesday.
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. George is also a meteorologist with ABC News and Cablevision News 12. Our website is WrightWeather.com.

Blizzard Just Misses New York City and Most of New England but Grazes the Coast with Snow and Wind...

A developing storm off the coast of North Carolina this evening will track to a position well south and east of Long Island. Radar shows an unusual pattern of precipitation in a line right along a stationary front that is just off the coast.  A very broad trough will send cold air into the lower 48 states this weekend with frost and freeze all the way into southern Florida.The NAM and GFS keep most of the snow off the coast but 1 to 3" may fall in eastern Long Island and 4 to 8" of snow is forecast for Boston with up to a foot of snow for Cape Cod and eastern Maine. The storm intensified as it moves into the Canadian Maritimes on Sunday and a strong flow of cold, Arctic air will plunge down across the Great Lakes and the Northeast. A dusting of snow may fall in the NYC metro area overnight.
George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. George is also a meteorologist with ABC News and Cablevision News 12. Our website is WrightWeather.com.