A Stormy Sunday!
 Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain have raced across the Midwest into the Northeast as yet another powerful early season December winter storm roars along headed to the Atlantic coast to redevelop and fire a ferocious storm into the Maritimes. This storm has already dumped some heavy snow across Kansas, with between 6 and 14 inches being reported late Friday into Saturday along with some 4-5 foot drifts. A heavy burst of snow has raced eastward along the I-70 corridor across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, dumping another 2 to 8 inches of fresh snow. Meanwhile, heavy rain has been in the 1-to-3-inch range from western Kentucky to southeast Texas, Louisiana, southern Alabama, southern to central to eastern Georgia to northern Florida and east side of the Carolinas. Parts of the Northeast may see from one to one and a half feet of snow from this storm. Coastal sections will see a changeover to rain. Many areas of the interior Northeast will also see widespread sleet or a snow/sleet mixture. Overall, the heaviest snowfall amounts will fall from southern Michigan and northern Indiana across much of Upstate and northern New York and into northern New England. Blizzard conditions are likely across the eastern Great Lakes by the tonight. After a quick burst of sleet and freezing rain mainly from the Mason-Dixon Line northward this early morning, rain will rapidly push northward from Virginia, through eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to New York City as temperatures rise with a mild but strong wind off the Atlantic. The I-95 Corridor from New York City to Washington should just be wet through Sunday evening. Across northwestern and north-central Pennsylvania, several inches of snow will change to sleet and freezing rain but temperatures may only rise to near freezing. Snow will overspread all of the New England States today from south to north. Then the milder air will follow so the snow will change to sleet and freezing rain over southern New England and the snow will at least mix with sleet over northern New England. By Sunday afternoon, temperatures will move above freezing from White Plains (New York), Hartford and Boston to the coast and any wintry mix will change over to rain and some of this rain could be heavy. At the same time thanks to the secondary deepening low pressure heading up the East Coast just inland, winds will be on the increase across the East. In general, wind gusts of 25 to 45 mph will be common by Sunday evening, but gusts to 60 mph will impact parts of eastern New England, especially Cape Cod and the Islands. This storm system should exit the area into the Canadian Maritimes Monday, bringing an end to most precipitation. Strong winds will linger in New England to the Mid-Atlantic through Monday evening. Meanwhile, a series of strong Pacific storms will lash the Northwest to northern California today, Monday and Tuesday, and again Wednesday and Thursday. Watch for strong winds, especially at the headlands with heavy rain bursts and mountain snows each time a new powerful storm spins in from the Gulf of Alaska. The snow levels will lower significantly so travel over the high mountain passes will be tricky with the need to consider snow packed roads from time to time. In cities from Seattle to Portland to Medford down to northern California the rainy season will be on high and often along I-5. Labels: breaking news os9user storm watch
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