Massive Historic Blizzard!!! 967 mb Major Nor'easter!!! Snow already making its way into Upstate NY...

we're probably gonna die

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS OF NEW
YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND THE BERKSHIRES.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 INCHES OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...1 INCH OR MORE AN HOUR RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE IN
INTENSITY POTENTIALLY BY THE AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY IMPACT THE
EVENING COMMUTE. THE HEAVY SNOW MAY CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...AS THE COASTAL STORM MOVES EAST OF THE WATCH AREA.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING FROM THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S DURING
THE DAY INTO THE TEENS AT NIGHT.

I keep checking this thread every few hrs and the news keeps getting worse.

Go out and get your supplies. now.

do you saw the last map? Big low nor'easter coming to sandy afected areas!

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1011 AM CST WED FEB 6 2013

ILZ003-004-008-010>014-019>022-INZ001-002-062100-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-
KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON...
DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA...OS WEGO...MORRIS...
JOLIET...GARY...VALPARAISO
1011 AM CST WED FEB 6 2013

...WINTERY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON THURSDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX APPEARS THAT IT MAY QUICKLY CHANGE
TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
88...WITH AREAS SOUTH POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW DURING THE
AFTERNOON. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS TEMPERATURES
WILL BE MARGINAL. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT MODERATE
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 88. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE...NAMELY THURSDAY MORNING. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL
ACROSS THE REGION ARE URGED TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST
FORECAST INFORMATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...AS THINGS MAY CHANGE.

$$

KJB

wow LOOK at that surge of gulf moisture headed north.. [link to weather.rap.ucar.edu]

any chance ny nj will get hit hard with snow?
its always funny to see ny make a big deal about everything
police state
nyers are weak for allowing these thugs to do what they do

looks like Mass is gonna get a bout 1ft maybe a little more..

new england has gotten hit hard this winter. and all the snow keeps melting just a few days afterwards it's crazy.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
515 AM PST WED FEB 6 2013

CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-071400-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
515 AM PST WED FEB 6 2013

...COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...

A COLD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DIG ALONG THE WEST COAST ON
THURSDAY...SENDING A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE MODELS ARE STILL SOME DIFFERENCES WITH REGARDS TO THE
MOISTURE...THE STRENGTH...AND THE PRECIPITATION TIMING...IT WILL
LIKELY TURN MUCH COLDER...WITH PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AS WELL AS PERIODS OF SHOWERS ALONG
AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE UPPER DESERTS. SNOW LEVELS
WILL LOWER TO AROUND 2500 FEET FRIDAY EVENING.

* RAINFALL...RANGING FROM ONE-TENTH TO ONE-QUARTER INCH NEAR THE
COAST TO AROUND ONE-HALF IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCALLY GREATER
AMOUNTS. ONE-TENTH INCH OR LESS IN THE DESERTS.

* SNOWFALL...THREE TO SIX INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. LOCAL
SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN TWO INCHES IN THE UPPER DESERTS...MAINLY
NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN TWO INCHES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE FAR INLAND VALLEYS NEAR THE COASTAL
FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAINS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.

* SNOW LEVEL...5000 TO 6000 FEET LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...FALLING TO
BETWEEN 2500 TO 3000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. LOCAL
SNOW LEVELS NEAR 2000 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
NIGHT... WITH SMALL HAIL OR GRAUPEL POSSIBLE. WATER SPOUTS WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH STRONGEST GUSTS TO 65
MPH...MAINLY NEAR RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG AND NEAR DESERT MOUNTAIN
SLOPES.

* IMPACTS...THIS WEATHER COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS OR
HIKERS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW VISIBILITIES...AND
SNOWFALL COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS
ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOW ENOUGH TO
IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH THE CAJON PASS AND
INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES.

$$

PALMER

Ryan Maue‏@RyanMaue

Once the Nor'easter & following Midwest Storm exit, Arctic cold may descend on CONUS for Week 2. Not much would melt very fast.

Oh that god damn global warming caused by your car fumes and your breath, when will it cool down I wonder?

Luis, I'm from Boston. We are used to snow! The only time I actually feared the snow was during the blizzard of '78 when we got about 3 feet. It wasn't the accumulation that was problem, it was the intensity whereby the highway crews just couldn't keep up with the rate of snow falling. As long as you are off the roads and out of harms way, you're good.

I remember shoveling my car out of a parking space and went to get in it to drive home and was alarmed by the fact that the snow and drifting snow had completely filled back in whatever I had shoveled... I was scary. I knew I had to take side roads home, so I could get into a shop if the roads became impossible. I knew then the highways were not the choice to make.

Back in that '78 blizzard people didn't believe the forecasts and were complacent because they are used to snow, plus the system stalled off the coast which really complicated things. You must give yourself time to get to a safe place. It was sad to see people tried to commute on the highways when they were being told not too on every radio station. People died because of that. It's common sense. When they're telling you they can't keep up with the storm and to get off the highways, just do it. They mean it. Really.

Latest NAM snow totals out - you gotta see this to believe it - 4 feet of snow for Boston!!!

[link to pbs.twimg.com (secure)]

"978 mb"?

So about a gb of doom then?

AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

NYC & northern mid-Atlantic are on the edge of a major storm that will hit New England as a blizzard Friday [link to ow.ly]

[link to www.erh.noaa.gov]

snow in nyc??? I CANT WAIT

Boston averages 45.1 inches of snow per year.

If the NAM or ECMWF verify, they could come very near reaching that in this storm alone.

On a tropical weather-related note, the National Climatic Data Center has released its damage total for Sandy.

$71.4 billion in New York and New Jersey alone.

[link to www.ssec.wisc.edu]

I'm a native Masshole myself. But moved to Arizona about five years ago and man... is my back killing me from shoveling all this damned sunshine! ;)

Mike Augustyniak‏@MorningWXGuy

Crippling! RT @wbzweather: Our latest snow projection for Friday/Saturday storm [in Boston]; could be historic! [link to twitter.com]

1 hchad myers‏@chadmyerscnn

Snow storm new model output. Tomorrow the models may adjust, but this is scary. It's in inches. [link to twitter.com (secure)]

The Weather Channel‏@weatherchannel

It's been a week since the tornado outbreak that left a north Georgia town damaged. See how they're doing: [link to wxch.nl]

Weather Underground‏@wunderground

A Nor'easter looms with the potential to dump a significant amount of snow: [link to wxug.us]