Winter Storm Neptune: 127M in Northeast States to Be Hit By Snow Saturday Night, Early Sunday; NYC Weather May Dip Below 0
Just in time for Valentine's Day weekend, another winter storm is expected to dump more snow in Boston, Massachusetts and parts of New England.
While New Englanders are still digging from the three major storms that left at least six feet of snow in many areas, forecasters say an arctic blast of frigid temperatures and snow will affect about 127 million people across 27 states in the Northeast, reports CBS News.
On Friday, the National Weather Service posted a blizzard watch from Cape Cod to coastal Maine ahead of the storm, which they predict will intensify Saturday night and last into Sunday.
Although the heaviest snow should fall Saturday night, meteorologists say the strongest winds will arrive on Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
"Late Saturday night, into the early part of Sunday, that's when this thing really becomes a monster storm," said Ari Sarsalari, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel, according to NBC News.
Bangor, Maine, is expected to be hit the hardest by the storm and could accumulate 2 feet of snow, while Portland could get 14 inches and Boston and Cape Cod could get 10 inches. Cape Cod could also receive up to 70 mph winds.
"Snow amounts will not be as much as the previous big storms, but still, when you have 8-14 inches of snow, wind-driven snow, the cold air and the snow that is already there it's probably going to be very difficult for a lot of people," said Bill Simpson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Massachusetts.
As a result, the system could potentially disrupt travel, while causing power outages and treacherous driving conditions.
Meanwhile, many regions will feel an historic blast of cold air that will drop temperatures below zero in the Great Lakes, upstate New York and northern New England on Sunday morning. Weather forecast predict the high temperate on Sunday in Buffalo, New York, is 1 below zero. That would mark the first time in two decades that the temperature fell below zero. In addition, New York City could also touch zero for the first time in 21 years.
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