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Will impact nearly 100 million people in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic areas this week.
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The brewing blizzard will have two major features associated with it, “AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter said on Monday. “Those being a fresh blast of cold Arctic air and the fact that it will be the last in a series of storms in February, as the final storm in a sequence is often the most potent.
The system is moving east on Monday, shifting into the Rocky Mountains and into the Plains region.
Were possible there on Monday afternoon and evening.
Driving conditions worsened on Monday in Nebraska, with up to two inches of snow forecast for the Lincoln and Omaha regions by Monday afternoon.
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Significant disruptions are anticipated for main motorways, according to AccuWeather, with flight disruptions also forecast for major airports in Chicago and St. Louis.
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It seems there are two main regions where six or more inches of snow could fall, Porter said. One of these areas is in parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, where the dry and powdery nature of the snow is expected.
Between six and 10 inches are expected in parts of Kildare and Munster.
The network stated that whether or not the storm has the potential to become a Nor’easter will depend on its path and the amount of moisture it picks up. If it tracks over the Atlantic, it’s possible that major impacts may not be felt in cities such as Boston and Washington, D.C.
By next Wednesday and Thursday, the eastern part of the United States will be affected by significant weather, with at least 0.25 of an inch of ice expected in Virginia and North Carolina. Up to a foot of snow is forecasted to fall from Richmond to the capital of the country.
It’ll be the track of the storm that will decide how much snow falls in the Northeast, especially in New England,” said AccuWeather’s Kerry Schwindenhammer. “If the storm moves sharply up the coast on Thursday, places as far north as Boston, Providence, Rhode Island, and even Portland, Maine, will get hit with a lot more snow.
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