Will North Carolina break its three-year snowless streak tonight?
A disturbance crossing the Appalachians on Monday night could bring parts of North Carolina their first measurable snowfall in nearly three years. There’s a lot riding on the word “could,” though, and it’s just as likely that…
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Heavy snows, flooding rains likely as weekend coastal storm looms
An ugly weekend is shaping up along much of the East Coast as a potent low-pressure system rolls up the Atlantic seaboard. Our developing system will feed on plenty of moisture streaming in from the south. This ample reserve of evaporated paradise will…
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Major, disruptive snowstorm aims for Denver and Colorado Springs
Tuesday’s highs in the 60s will feel like a distant memory before long as a major snowstorm brews along and east of the Colorado Rockies. Widespread snowfall totals of one to two feet are on the way from Fort Collins down through Colorado Springs.…
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How an incredible band of snow developed over the Northeast on Saturday
One of the most impressive bands of snow we’ve seen in a long time developed over a narrow swath of the Northeast overnight Friday into early Saturday, creating an intense snowfall gradient over very short distances. A fast-moving low-pressure…
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From 60s to Snow: The Northeast’s Nor’easter’s Set To Hit Hard Tuesday
It’s been a long wait, but we’ve finally got a classic nor’easter brewing for the eastern half of the United States. A foot of snow is likely to fall on Tuesday where temperatures climbed up into 60°F on Saturday. While this one…
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Why do adults act so darn weird about wishing for snow?
Snow upends our lives in memorable and sometimes bizarre ways. A hint of wintry weather in the forecast wakes up our inner kids more than any other conditions. Snowmen, sledding, shoveling, crunchy footsteps amid the silent nights. Every bit of it stirs…
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Significant early-week storm to bring flooding rains, widespread strong winds
A long-anticipated and high-impact storm is finally developing over the southern Rockies on Sunday as an impressive trough in the jet stream swoops over the United States. That trough (shown in the model image above) will fuel a powerful low-pressure…
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Uncertainty isn’t a bad thing, and other info you need about the East Coast winter storm
A winter storm is possible across a wide chunk of the eastern U.S. this weekend as a strong storm developing in the southeast sweeps up the coast toward New England. There’s a great deal of uncertainty right now given that we’re about four…
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East Coast in for a pressure washing as a powerful storm arrives Sunday
A feisty low-pressure system is gearing up to bring plenty of disruptive weather to the East Coast over the next couple of days. Widespread heavy rain could lead to flooding along the I-95 megalopolis while the storm produces snow near the Great Lakes…
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Unusually cold start to May arrives with feet of snow in the mountains
It feels more like the beginning of March across a huge chunk of the eastern United States as an unusual pattern brings chilly temperatures and heavy mountain snows to the region. The average high for Wednesday, May 3, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comes…
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