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1:00pm this snow storm has arrived sooner than anticipated creating a messy morning commute over much of the northeastern seaboard. The intensity of the precipitation resulted in snow accumulations around and about 3 to 5 inches in a short period of time during the late morning rush hour; this created big problems in the big cities from Washington and Baltimore to Philadelphia then north to New York City. Doppler Radar idicates there could be a brief break from the heavy precipitation as the storm system tries to pull in warmer air on towards the coast from the Jersey shore to Long Island. During this time, snow will mix with sleet and perhaps change to rain. Then this evening, heavy precipitation will start again with another 5 to 8 inches of additional accumulation and near blizzard conditions likely especially over Long Island. Winds will gust between 30 and 40 miles per hour during the height of this storm along the coast late Wednesday and early Thursday combined with 1 to 3 inch per hour snowfall rates will result in poor visibilities down to a 1/4 mile or less. The storm should be over and done by 6:00am with improving conditions through Thursday. Behind this storm system temperatures will gradually trend towards colder through the weekend. The next storm system that will affect the region is not too far behind and will approach the Northeast this weekend. This next storm will be a weaker system dipping down from central Canada affecting the entire Northeast with minor snow accumulations making the roads slick once again, behind this next system an even colder air mass will begin to over take the region once again early next week.
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