A U.S. Postal Service provider throughout a winter storm in Denver, on Jan. 25, 2022. (David Zalubowski / AP)
A robust Nor'easter storm is anticipated to hammer components of New England and the Center Atlantic area this weekend with blizzard-like situations that may make journey treacherous and convey flooding to coastal areas.
Blizzard, winter storm and winter climate advisories and warnings had been in impact from the Carolinas up via Pennsylvania and New York and into Maine the place snow was forecast to begin falling Friday afternoon and proceed on Saturday, the Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) mentioned.
"It is going to make journey just about inconceivable," mentioned Patrick O'Hara, a Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist based mostly in New Jersey. "It's the first very huge storm of the 12 months. Each few years we get one, it isn't extraordinarily uncommon."
Many components of the area can count on 1 to 2 toes (30-60 cm) of snow and wind gusts of 70 miles (113 km) per hour, the climate service mentioned.
Boston, probably the most populous metropolis in New England with 700,000 residents, may get not less than a foot of snow whereas New York Metropolis, the nation's largest metropolis, might even see 9 inches of snow, forecasters mentioned.
The climate service warned that blowing snow may considerably cut back visibility and powerful winds may carry down tree branches and knock out energy in components of the area.
Some components of coastal Atlantic had been additionally dealing with the potential of flooding in low-lying areas and weak roadways, the NWS mentioned.
The storm system will push temperatures down. Highs will vary from 15 to 25 levels Fahrenheit beneath common throughout the jap third of the U.S. on Saturday.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Modifying by Bernard Orr)
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