Weather synopsis: Sunday December 19

6:20pm the interstate 95 corridor along the Northeast has dodged a bullet as a potential Nor'easter has veered coarse taking a path further out in to the Atlantic Ocean than what computer models had anticipated earlier this week. This track will spare the big cities from a significant snow accumulation this time around. Several rounds of snow are possible this week for the entire Northeast as a series of clipper systems make their way from central regions of Canada down to the eastern United States with the potential for a big snow storm on Christmas Day. This weather pattern will continue to enforce the cold that is in place keeping our High temperatures in the 20s and 30s through the week. This week a rare astronomical event will stake place, not only will the winter solstice take place on Tuesday December 21 but, on that same day there will be a Lunar eclipse at approximately 3:15am. According to NASA, the last time that a Lunar eclipse occurred during a winter solstice was in the year 1638 over 370 years ago. Cloudy skies and Lake Effects Snow will likely obscure the eclipse along the Great Lakes. Better chances of observing the eclipse will be away from the lakes and generally south of New England.