11:59pm a bitterly cold arctic air mass continues to spew in from central Canada. High temperatures will run 10 to 15 degrees below normal across the Northeast. This week, day time high temperatures will remain in the 30s along the coast with 20s for the interior. To add insult to injury, winds will make it feel much colder. Wind gust of up to 45 miles per hour will make it feel 10 to 20 degrees colder over New York City and Long Island. A persistent stream of cold air over the Great Lakes will produce several days of Lake Effect Snow. A slew of Lake Effect Snow alerts are in effect down wind of the lakes. The potential exist for a solid 1 to 2 feet of snow along the south shores of Lake Ontario from northern Niagara County eastward through Rochester and Syracuse. Buffalo should receive and additional 5 to 10 inches of snow by Tuesday morning with locally higher amounts, while south of the Greater Buffalo metropolitan area, Chautauqua County and Cattaraugus County between 2 to 3 feet of snow is likely. Lake Effect Snow can be expected through Tuesday before tapering off to scattered flurries Tuesday night; however, more Lake Effect Snow is on the horizon beyond Tuesday. Another round of impressive Lake Effect Snow will arrive late this week. As this cold air mass settles in and we progress through the deep freeze of winter, the jet stream will be oriented in a manner that is favorable for a "blockbuster type snow storm" for the entire Northeast - computer models are indicating that in the days and weeks to come it is very well possible to have 1 or 2 storm systems develop which could bring big snows along the coast from New England to the Midatlantic. Its beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas, by December 25th it is likely we could have a white Christmas for nearly 50% of the entire continental United States.
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