11:09am a Nor'Easter is in the making as two storm systems that have phased together over night in the Ohio River Valley progresses eastward towards the coast. A third low pressure system is forecast to develop off shore of the Long Island coast tonight and then rapidly intensify. This rapid intensification will produce a bonafied blizzard into the New York City metropolitan area where 1 to 2 feet of snow is likely along with strong winds over 40MPH. This combination of heavy wet snow and strong winds will likely cause power outages and topple down some trees especially near the coast where winds will blow more fierce. Visibilities will drop to zero and produce white out conditions for a prolonged period during the height of the storm. The worst weather will hit the tri-state region right around Noon time and then progress through the early afternoon. Though it will be below freezing some sleet will mix in at times into eastern Long Island as the storm's intensity churns the atmosphere above. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect until 6am on Thursday when the storm finally pulls out of the region. NCEP forecast models indicate that this storm will develop a dry slot, if this is the case it will lessen snowfall totals though a significant amount is still expected regardless. Impact from this storm will be felt from the Great Lakes down to the Mid-atlantic and up to southern New England. The worst of the weather will come with the development of the coast storm that will produce the strong winds from D.C. to Boston.
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