The debate now comes down to two questions: 1) How big and 2) how far inland?
Accuweather’s blog tonight saying that next week’s East Coast storm could be a ‘big deal’ has received national attention thanks to being linked by the Drudge Report tonight.. But the Weather Channel appears to concur that the storm may be large..
According to current thought, there are two possible scenarios that would bring strikingly different weather to the affected areas..
If the trajectory takes the storm inland, major cities along the East Coast, all the way back to the Appalachian Mountains, will have a mixed bag of weather.. However, the more dramatic path of the storm would be further out to sea, in which blizzard conditions would be felt from south of Washington D.C. and north all the way to Maine..
Additionally, under track two, according to the Weather Channeland Accuweather, a large portion of the East Coast will be hit with blizzard conditions..
The peak for the storm, again according to current thought, is that the storm’s main impact will be late Tuesday all the way through Thursday..
Power outages and downed trees are likely Wednesday and Thursday with blizzard wind..
And finally, 1 foot plus of snow would fall under either scenario, it just depends on where it goes before the forecasts are finalized..
Earlier tonight, as we reported on here, Accuweather called next week’s storm a big deal, regardless of where the storm goes.. One forecaster even began asking whether the weather will be like the Blizzard of 93
Meanwhile, forums and weather casters of all types, as found on Accuweather’s Forums, are typing like mad over the possibilities of a new storm of the new century. Or just a storm. Maybe a really big one..
