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A developing storm could bring the season’s first accumulating snow to parts of the Northeast and Great Lakes later this week, according to forecasters.
The Weather Channel and AccuWeather warned that the system could disrupt travel. Rain, low clouds, fog and possible aircraft deicing contributing to flight delays, while wet snow could produce isolated power outages over the higher terrain, according to AccuWeather.
AccuWeather forecast that the storm will strengthen as it approaches the Atlantic Coast, bringing rain and mountain snow to the Northeast from Thursday night through Saturday. It said precipitation will begin as rain in most locations on Thursday or Friday, with cooling within the storm allowing snow to develop over elevated terrain.
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What Areas Could See Snow?
According to The Weather Channel, areas with the best odds for accumulating wet snow will include the following regions in the interior Northeast and Great Lakes snowbelt:
- The Green and White Mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire.
- The Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
- The Adirondacks and Catskills of upstate New York.
- The Appalachians, from West Virginia to western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
- Portions of western upper Michigan.
The outlet added that flakes of wet snow may also reach northern Indiana, northeastern Ohio and southwestern New York, while brief snow showers are possible in sections of the Ohio Valley. For many of the affected areas, this would be the first snow of the season, it said.
A coating of snow is possible for areas downwind of the Great Lakes and over parts of the interior Northeast, forecasters at AccuWeather said in an email sent to Newsweek on Wednesday.
It forecast one to three inches of snow for parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, locations downwind of Lake Michigan, higher elevations from New York to West Virginia, as well as for portions of northern New England.
It also said that between three and six inches was expected for other areas of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, as well as the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains of southern Vermont.
“There can be a very fine line between rain, snow and accumulating snow when temperatures are in the mid-30s. The intensity of precipitation can make all the difference,” AccuWeather meteorologist Tyler Roys said in the email. “Heavier precipitation can briefly cool the air enough for rain to change over to snow, while lighter rain or drizzle may never make that transition. That means two communities just a short distance apart could experience very different conditions.”
AccuWeather also reported that Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston were expected to receive rain, although some wet flakes could mix in across the northern and western suburbs of New York and Boston on Friday. It added that several inches of clinging snow could fall over the highest ground in West Virginia, northern Pennsylvania, the Adirondacks and the Green and White Mountains, potentially breaking tree limbs and causing isolated power outages.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Rebecca Flood and Dave Siminoff.
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