Cross-country weekend storm spares Northeast from blockbuster impacts, light snow still likely for millions

Northeast spared from large snowstorm but Valentine's play forecast remains complicated

The FOX Forecast Center is intimately monitoring a analyzable snowfall forecast for the Northeast this Valentine's and Presidents' Day weekend. Fortunately for those celebrating this vacation weekend, a large wintertime tempest appears to beryllium unlikely, according to the latest machine forecast models. However, a play of airy snowfall is imaginable Sunday nighttime into President's Day crossed a corridor from West Virginia done the New York-New Jersey tri-state country and the confederate New England coast, but the nonstop magnitude and determination stay an unfastened question.

NEW YORK – The FOX Forecast Center is intimately monitoring a analyzable snow forecast for the Northeast this Valentine's and Presidents' Day weekend. Fortunately for those celebrating this vacation weekend, a large winter tempest appears to beryllium unlikely, according to the latest machine forecast models.

However, a play of airy snowfall is imaginable Sunday nighttime into Presidents' Day crossed a corridor from West Virginia done the New York-New Jersey tri-state country and the confederate New England coast, but the nonstop magnitude and determination stay an unfastened question.

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The FOX Forecast Center is tracking 3 areas of debased unit that would request to travel unneurotic astatine the aforesaid clip successful bid to nutrient dense snowfall crossed the northeastern information of the Interstate 95 corridor.

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Currently, it appears that these forecast ingredients volition walk done the portion arsenic separate, weaker entities alternatively than merging into a almighty snowstorm.

The main operator of this weekend's upwind is simply a almighty cross-country tempest that volition soak millions crossed the South. 

Forecasters are watching however acold northbound that strategy volition determination erstwhile it slides disconnected the Southeast seashore sometime Sunday night.

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As that tempest moves north, the question remains whether determination volition beryllium capable acold aerial associated with the polar vortex to nutrient snow.

One forecast script shows that capable acold aerial volition beryllium trapped on the cardinal Appalachians and the Northeast seashore from a fast-moving clipper that volition determination retired of Canada Saturday.

This script maintains that the cross-country tempest volition determination acold capable northbound on the Eastern Seaboard to nutrient airy snowfall Sunday nighttime into Monday morning.

A dueling forecast script holds that the main tempest volition enactment farther southbound Sunday nighttime and the changeable of acold aerial volition depart faster, producing conscionable plain rainfall for the tri-state country and a wintry premix for the higher elevations.

Regardless of either outcome, the impacts shouldn't person a tremendous interaction connected day nighttime plans oregon a Presidents' Day travel to the section car dealership.

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