A powerful East Coast storm will clobber the mid-Atlantic region later Fridayinto Saturday. Heavy snow from western North Carolina to southern New Jerseywill cause a serious disruption of travel. Roads will turn icy and snowcovered, and major airports such as Dulles and Baltimore-WashingtonInternational will have lengthy flight delays. Snow accumulations from centralVirginia to Delaware will be as much as 10 or 12 inches.Along the coast, there will be strong gales, major coastal flooding and beacherosion. Friday night into Saturday, winds from Cape Hatteras to Atlantic Citymay exceed 50 miles per hour at times. This storm will hit the same portion ofthe coast that was devastated by strong winds and flooding back inNovember.
WARNING! Major Snowstorm for Mid-Atlantic
By AccuWeather
December 17, 2009 at 8:25PM
How much snow will fall in New York City and southern New England remainsuncertain at this time. Our latest snowfall forecast is for significantly loweramounts, but that idea might have to be scrapped. Storms that become as strongas this one will often spread heavy precipitation farther north thanexpected.
We've go another day to figure that one out. In the meantime, plan on a bigsnow through the mid-Atlantic region beginning later Friday.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
