The good news is that the storm is not expected to reach the same magnitude as the 2-3 feet of snow seen earlier this week.
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Two separate storms – one coming from the west and one from the south – will not merge to produce a high-powered storm. In contrast, the western one will weaken on Saturday night, while the other begins to move along the east coast.
Unlike the previous northeast snowstorm, this storm is a fast movement and the amounts of snowfall should be relatively lighter.
During the day on Sunday, snow could be heavy at times throughout the Northeast with snowfall rates of up to 2 inches per hour. This will cause low visibility and dangerous road conditions.
The storm will be almost out of the northeast on Sunday evening, and only a few scattered snow showers will remain.
In addition, much of the terrain is covered with snow, so at least on snow-covered surfaces snow will have no problem accumulating.
A 3 to 6 inch stretch of snow is possible, enough to cause some interruption of the trip, but road crews should be able to keep up.
And have these shovels on hand next week. On Tuesday we may have another round of snow or rain giving way to very cold Arctic air.
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