Multiple snowstorms to bear down on Northeast, Ohio Valley in early December

After a big winter storm Snow is piling up across much of the Midwest and parts of the interior Northeast Cold air will expand this weekend, paving the way for snowstorms across the central Plains, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and New England starting early next week.

The storms are expected to impact ground and air travel and back-to-school operations following the Thanksgiving holiday. Snow will reach many regions that have not experienced snowfall yet this season.

Snow will fall from Kansas to New York and Maine Monday through Tuesday

From Monday through Tuesday night, a storm will accelerate along the boundary between cold air expanding over the north-central and interior Northeastern United States and warm air over the Southern states.

The storm will have enough strength on its cold side to produce a mix of snow and sleet, sleet, and rain from much of Kansas to southern Nebraska, east to Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and northern New Jersey.

The storm will move quickly, preventing excessive snowfall, with 1 to 6 inches of snow expected in most areas. Heavier snowfall is possible from the Catskills of New York and the Berkshires of Connecticut and Massachusetts, perhaps into southeastern Maine, with a 12-inch AccuWeather Local StormMax™.

Snow accumulation in the Northeast will depend on the development of a second coastal storm.

St. For St. Louis and Indianapolis, the storm early next week will bring the second significant snowfall in two to three days. Cities like Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh; Cincinnati; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Hartford, Connecticut; and Portland, Maine; Snow-related disruptions may occur at the beginning of next week in the region, which prevented the snowfall effect of the storm over the weekend.

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The storm is expected to bring a mix of snow and rain to Philadelphia and New York City on Tuesday, before turning into showers. Roads may be slippery for a while, especially in the northern and western suburbs of these metropolitan areas, where snowfall can last several hours.

If the second storm, which formed just offshore on Tuesday, strengthens quickly enough, there’s a chance it could create a cold breeze from the north across the Hudson Valley. This scenario could lead to more snow and slippery rides in New York City, rather than rain and wet roads.

A mix of snow and rain in Boston could lead to sleet at times Tuesday through Tuesday night. Travel is expected to be slippery, with more snow and heavy accumulations in the north and west of the city.

All or mostly rain is expected in Washington DC on Tuesday.

In areas receiving heavy showers, some city streets and highways will tend to pool in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic from Monday through Tuesday.

Thunderstorms may be locally severe and gusty on the warmer southern side of the storm over the Southern states.

Snowstorm possible first weekend of December

“Cold weather is forecast to dominate the weather pattern from the Plains to much of the East through the first 10 days of December,” AccuWeather Senior Long Range Meteorologist Joe Lundberg said. he said.

The cold weather over the next one to two weeks will bring, in most cases, the coldest temperatures since last February.

Slight fluctuations in this cold pattern will allow more storms to bring snow and a mix of sleet, ice, and rain.

Following the storm impacting the Midwest this weekend and the storm moving from the Central states to the Northeast early next week, another storm should follow in a few days.

“A storm next weekend (Dec. 6-7) has the potential to dump snow across the Ohio Valley, Appalachians, mid-Atlantic and parts of southeastern New England,” Lundberg said. “This storm will likely bring rain to the beaches along I-95, but that’s doubtful and it won’t be long before the accumulated snow falls there as well.”

“In addition to early next week and next weekend, there are at least two more storms we are monitoring in the first half of December,” Lundberg said.

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