Weather synopsis: February 8

11:20am a historic Nor'easter has hammered portions of the Mid-atlantic last weekend dumping up to 3 feet of snow in locations in and around the Philly, Baltimore and Washington D.C. corridor. Thankfully this storm strayed away from southern New England and Long Island where only a few snow flurries were reported however, next time we might not be so lucky. NCEP forecast models predict another storm system of similar proportions to develop off the Mid-atlantic coast then move up the eastern seaboard all the while rapidly intensifying into a Nor'easter. This storm will likely impact the Washington D.C. region once again with heavy amounts of snow. This coastal storm will move northward bringing heavy snow to New York City, Long Island and southern New England including Hartford, Providence and Boston. This storm system will also have an impact into western New York and interior Pennsylvania where Winter Storm Watches have been issued. Even Buffalo will get an accumulating snow out of this storm. Though it is still too early to make an accurate snowfall forecast, the heaviest amounts of snow will be along the I-95 corridor from D.C. to Boston including the states of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvanian, southern New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts. This is the most densely populated section of the country and millions of people will be affected by this storm. The current time frame is as follows: Snow will begin by Tuesday in the western fringes including Buffalo, NY then work its way east. The storm will then re-develop off the coast and intensify Tuesday night into Wednesday with the brunt of the storm into New York City and Long Island between midnight Tuesday and midnight Wednesday