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Subscribe to RSSAs a storm system moves into New England, it's expected that parts of Boston and New York state will see pockets of snow, with rain expected from Cape Cod to Washington, D.C. TODAY's Dylan Dreyer reports.
A second, smaller winter storm will hit the Northeast Friday night and into Saturday, dumping up to 6 inches of snow in major cities and up to a foot and a half of snow in less populated areas. But it won’t pack nearly the punch of the one earlier this week that brought twisters, high winds, icy roads, power outages and record snowfall, and that led to at least 17 deaths and thousands of grounded flights, affecting tens of thousands of holiday travelers.
"This storm will move at a rather brisk pace, so we don't expect any overwhelming snow amounts," weather.com reported.
The corridor from Philadelphia to New York City and Hartford, Conn., is expected to see snow totals in the 2 to 5 inch range, and more in the suburban and outlying areas, weather.com added. Boston could see 4 to 6 inches of snow "if the low-pressure system tracks close enough to the coast."
For New York City, the snow should be just enough to create a "postcard" setting for sledding and strolling, NBCNewYork.com reported.
More storm coverage at weather.com
Washington, D.C., is looking at 1-3 inches, NBCWashington.com was forecasting. Some of that snow is likely to mix with rain.
The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel has more on what residents in the Northeast can expect to see as a winter weather system moves through the region.
Freezing rain -- making for treacherous travel conditions -- was predicted for parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia while significant rain was likely along the New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland coasts, the National Weather Service said.
The weather service forecast 12 to 18 inches of snow for northern New England, accompanied by freezing rain and sleet.
Tom Olney, a 50-year-old stay-at-home father of two, was making plans to go sledding with his children in their hometown of Wayland, Mass.
"We love snow," Olney told Reuters. "What else are you going to do when it's this wet and cold out?"
Western Massachusetts, like much of the Northeast, had an uncharacteristically mild winter last year, but residents such as Olney say they are ready for a more typical cold season.
"Mother Nature doesn't usually give you two in a row," he said. "We've still got a lot of supplies from last year, so I guess we're ready for it now."
Eleven inches of snow was forecast for Buffalo, N.Y., where some 8 to 12 inches of snow fell overnight into Thursday. Prior to that, Buffalo was 23 inches below average for this time of year, the weather service said.
"It's just a reminder: Winter is here," said Tom Paone of the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
The earlier winter storm was tied to at least 17 deaths and forced the cancellation of thousands of airline flights. It dumped record snow in north Texas and Arkansas before sweeping through the South on Christmas Day and then veering north, where the Adirondacks got 20 inches of snow.
It also triggered tornadoes and left almost 200,000 homes and businesses in Arkansas and Alabama lost power on Wednesday.
In Arkansas, 106,000 homes and businesses were still without power Friday afternoon, and the state's largest utility said many might not get it back until after Jan. 1.
Deena Brazell spent a night in her car for warmth, though she hadn't planned it that way.
"Everything in the apartment is electric. I stayed in the apartment the first night. After that, it got cold really quick," she told The Associated Press. "I went out to charge the phone and fell asleep, then I just decided to stay."
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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This is awfull. Unless you plow snow for a living. But this seems to happen every December. Must be the season for it.
Actually, pricing snow plowing is a lot like commodity purchases. If you own a plow, you can (1) write lump-sum seasonal contracts and hope it snows a little, or (2) write per-hour or per-occurrence contracts and hope it snows a lot.
if it snows...stay at home...put on some good sound...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GSOw7YhvDc
No, it is not an awful occurance when it snows. A lack of common sense is what gets people into trouble all the time...no different than a heat wave that rolls into town during the summer season. Most snowstorms are predictable in the same way heat waves are predicted.
I grew up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We had a wood stove and fireplace that kept us warm most of the winter season. Only during the extreme cold was the electric heat turned on; when it fell below freezing. I recall a winter on Martha's Vineyard, where I lived for 4 years after high school, when we had a record snowfall of 6 feet of snow. We had no electricity for a month. The island had not seen a storm like this since the 1920s. The water froze up between the mainland and the island making it difficult for the ice cutters and barges to bring food over to the island. Everyone (about 10,000 year-round residents) stocked up on canned goods and other nonperishables. Several of my neighbors stayed with me because they lacked fireplaces in their homes. The snow was our refrigerator/freezer. My little pot belly stove in the kitchen served its purpose to heat soup, water and other items. We spent candle light playing board games and cards, socializing and listening to the battery-operated radio. The stores were empty so we were careful with the food supply. Yet no one complained about any inconvenience. After Hurricane Sandy here in NJ I recall seeing people complain about no internet service! Seriously...we had no such service in the early 1990s. The years have passed and we still talk about that MV winter of past! Those were the times when it was the little things that meant the most...socializing with neighbors!! Neighbors helping neighbors BEFORE the storm hits!!
There is little for people to do to prepare for tornados since they strike with the least amount of warning or none at all. Knowing that you live in such an area helps to have a plan A or B, but do not offer a guarantee. Snowstorms is a matter of common sense when preparing. I have been living in NJ and I have a back-up supply of essentials at all times...bottled water, batteries, hurricane lamps, canned food, extra blankets, books for reading, and other essentials like a first aid kit. Many things are in air-tight containers or bags to prevent them from getting wet. If you are responsible for anyone else other than yourself...you should be prepared or you are looking for a greater disaster.
Only 6 inches-that's just a dusting. We got 15 inches in the last storm. Big deal.
On top of the 21 inches that was in my driveway yesterday is getting to pile up quite fast.
Wow, really? Over the past 10 days or so, we have had over 6 feet of snow at lake level, 3 times that at higher elevations. 6 inches, really?
Damm..wish I could of been a 50 year old stay at home father. At the age of 50 my kids already had their own kids and I still had to work my butt off for me and my wife.
WTG..Tom Olney
A snow storm is big news? Oh wait, I forgot; it's happening the all important northeast....that explains everything.
An 81 year old man died in Ala after a tree fell on his house. The tree didn't kill him, it was the repair estimate that did it.
or the "act of god / nature" clause in his insurance policy.
GM Scooter
that "act of god/nature clause will definitely give a coronary! LOL
Hi Mary
Also, Santa needed some snow to land his sleigh! Good thing Christmas is in December! LOL
Isn't there a song that says, "let it snow let it snow"? Yes it is winter, and some places do get snow, other places don't. Thank goodness I live in a place where we get snow about once in every 3 or 4 yrs, and is normally gone in a couple of days. Gotta love the West Coast weather. it's wonderful.
Yeah..Earthquakes, mudslides, forest fires...Wonderful.
We can weather a storm like this with no problem. 6 inches is hardly worthy of front page national news. It isn't like in the South where half an inch can shut down a town for days. That snow won't even accumulate on the roads.
One mans headache is another's salvation. You can not snowboard, sky, drive snowmobiles, go sledding, and just enjoy the snow if there is none.
Just like car repairs when it turns to ice and snow. Someone is going to make a lot of extra money because their business will pick up. That is the way of the world.
So if you love winter as we do, the snow is a blessing not a curse.
Go ahead. Try to change it. Stand your ground if you're in Florida. Make my day if you're in Colorado.
Let it snow, because it's already rained STUPID in most of the D.C. area.
Happy New Year.
bunch of Pussies in this country, waa It snowed more than 3 inches huge blizzard! the way news covers it... if you are stuck at a airport, DO NOT TRAVEL xmas then waaaa, Same old story every holiday BREAKING NEWS IT SNOWING WAAA
Sounds like you're the one doing the crying.
We in the NE are still cleaning up from Sandy and many are still without homes. While the snow brings a lot of business our way, it isn't very welcome to those that have already lost everything and can't seem to catch a break.
Way to show compassion. Stay classy.
Snow in December: a necessary news story, but not a big one.
How exactly does one actually sled on two inches of snow?
Let some freezing rain hit it and you have a hardened sheet of glass.
Some of the fastest sledding I have ever done has been on frozen snow. Also some of the most painful. Cuts like sandpaper when you dump the sled.
to the author Miquel - if you are going to report on the news please do it accurately - Wayland Mass is not in western mass - it is in eastern mass - just a little west of Boston - so tired of reading national media with inaccuracies - learn your geography if you intend to use it in your reports
I remember when other parts of the country besides the northeast got snow. Oh wait, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah all got hammered earlier this week. I think I saw nearly 6 seconds on the Weather Channel about it.
You should complain more.
Everyone will think you're really cool.
Selective memory then.
Next time, watch more than just 6 seconds of the Weather Channel. It got widespread coverage.
People in the eastern US were moaning that this winter was beginning to look like last winter with no snow. Well, here is the snow you wished for. Let's see, the Weather Channel winter storm names are up to the letter "F." They can name this one "Farce" since naming storms is just that!
Dear Friends:
This is train country! Storms can cause accidents! Caution in all ways! Please!
Dear Friends:
Let's see they could hold em up with a tooth Brush and tooth paste! Smile!
Someone really should tell the weather channel that there are actually other states in our country besides the east coast. The north and midwest could have fifty feet of snow and raging blizzards for a week and no mention would be made of it except to say in passing that some bad weather was headed east.
Thats because we are the most important place in the country.
I forgot.
I just read this article about "Northeast set to get up to 6 inches of snow in big cities "and saw that there were 23 comments. What in the world would you people have to comment on, about this article??? Then I realized when I posted this, that I became one of you, with my comment just now. Just filling up words and lines for some nobody to read in South Dakota. If you'd like, I could keep on typing and typing and typing and typing and then skip spaces and then typing and typing and typing and typing and then......repeat paragraphs from the article to fill up more space like:
Tom Olney, a 50-year-old stay-at-home father of two, was making plans to go sledding with his children in their hometown of Wayland, Mass.
"We love snow," Olney told Reuters. "What else are you going to do when it's this wet and cold out?"
Western Massachusetts, like much of the Northeast, had an uncharacteristically mild winter last year, but residents such as Olney say they are ready for a more typical cold season.
Snow is beautiful...at least seasonally. Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow! It snowed on Christmas Eve here in the eastern part of PA. My sons, their children, and my nephew visited my mother. All of her grandchildren and great grandchildren under one roof on Christmas Eve. She's 87 years old, and she said this was one of her most fond remembrances, The snow made the evening seem magical. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! That reminds me, I come from the theological school of snow removal: The father bringeth and the sun taketh away!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Snow? In the Northeast? In Winter?
Why, it must be from...GLOBAL WARMING!!!
Save us, Al Gore; you're our only hope!
Of course it snows in the winter, and what does Al Gore have to do with this, you dumb sh!t? Neither he, nor anyone else, ever said there wouldn't be any more winter.
Are you really that stupid?
You keep obsessing about Gore like he got you pregnant. Move on, loser.
And this is supposed to be news, why? And tonights forecast, dark.
Another enormous blizzard. So many people suffering and so much damage inflicted from yet another cold weather disaster. This only emphasizes the onset of a new, world wide climate change phenomenon, "Global Cooling." This could be catastrophic to the future of mankind. But fortunately there's a solution to "Global Cooling," a massive tax increase on leftists. Al Gore, we're gonna get our money back.
love snow but after living in fl cant handle cold. still I think it is beautiful
No big deal! Suck it up! I had to wear a sweater and long sleeve shirt on the golf course today and you didn't hear me complaining.
one thing a lot of people could do is NOT go to the airport.....but they go.
LOL -So many arguments about a little snow. We got some here- but it melted the next day. I miss it. I hope we get some more. It makes the winter landscape look so nice and fresh. It looks so bright and pretty to the eye-unlike the grey tree bark scene. I have some shrubs with red berrys that look good covered in snow. LOL My dog enjoys it too. Let it snow!
I would also like to add that it is a nice diversion from the problems of our world. The beauty of the snow reminds me that there are fresh starts in life and some things that are still pure in this life. It also makes me dream of spring and the fresh new growth of the plants. Nature can heal the spirit. Snow is beautiful to me like the spring plants with their flowers. Get out -away from the rat race and crowds and enjoy the peace that comes from nature. She is beautiful and brings peace to the soul.
good advice
Another disaster, 6 inches of snow in a place where it always snows every winter ! Don't turn on the Weather Channel and listen to Jim whats his name "Cacciatore" (kidding),he'll have you going out to find food for a month and calling the Red Cross to find a shelter !