Closer to Boston, the storm will peak Tuesday into Wednesday. Heavy rain and windy conditions will be the opening act, before the storm peaks tonight through Tuesday evening. It’s known as ‘snow loading’ and has to do with the heavy, wet type of snow we are expecting.”Īreas around New York City will begin feeling the storm’s effects later today. “The greatest concerns that I have about this storm is the fact that there will be heavy, wet snow that will combine with high winds, essentially causing power outages,” David Novak, director of the Weather Prediction Center, told CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. Nor’easters are notorious for bringing huge impacts such as heavy rain, snow, strong winds, power outages and coastal flooding. “Overnight Monday, a coastal low pressure will strengthen rapidly into a major nor’easter that significantly impacts the Northeast beginning later Monday night through Wednesday,” the Weather Prediction Center said.Ī nor’easter is a coastal storm with winds out of the northeast.

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