By: By Tom Niziol
Published: November 27, 2013
Winter Weather Threats
Welcome our Winter Weather Watch page. Here, we will detail the latest winter weather threats, updated by winter weather expert Tom Niziol (Twitter | Facebook), senior meteorologist Tom Moore, and our meteorologists in the Global Forecast Center.Occasionally we will showcase a threat graphic depicting an "alert" area. This season, The Weather Channel is outlining "alert" areas when we believe a winter storm is possible, generally two or more days in the future, and the National Weather Service has not yet issued winter storm watches or blizzard watches. Once such watches are issued, the alert areas will be removed.
Rain/Snow Forecast
STORM:CON
South Bend, Ind.: 6 (Lake-effect snow, colder)
Erie, Pa.: 6 (Lake-effect snow, colder)
Syracuse, N.Y.: 6 (Lake-effect snow, colder)
(MORE: What is STORM:CON?)
Northeast
Marginal snow will occur from Upstate New York through northern New England Wednesday on the cold side of Boreas. Most of the precipitation associated with Boreas will be off the New England coast by Thanksgiving morning, allowing for much easier travel conditions. Only 1 to 3 inches of additional snow is likely. However brisk northwest winds will gust well above 30 mph tonight through Thursday morning along the New England Coast likely hampering air travel to some degree.
Great Lakes/Appalachians
North to northwest winds will set up localized lake-effect snows near South Bend, Erie, and Syracuse Wednesday through Thursday. As much as 4 to 8 inches of snow is likely and could impact travel in narrow 10 to 15 mile wide bands along the I-80/90 and I-94 corridor off Lake Michigan near South Bend, the I-90 corridor off Lake Erie between Cleveland and Erie and the I-90/I-81 corridor off Lake Ontario near Syracuse. We will also see snow on the northwest slopes of the Central Appalachians Wednesday through Wednesday night with 3 to 5 inches likely at higher elevations.
Next Week/West
Big shot of cold air drops south from Canada across the West. This setup could produce a little snow even in places like Seattle. A more significant upslope snow event will set up from Montana through Wyoming to Colorado early in the week and there is the possibility that we could see an icing event set up through the Central Plains as well. We will not get into the details yet, what we know for sure is that the West gets much colder, we will work out precipitation type, location and timing as we head through the weekend. Stay tuned...
NEXT > See our list of winter storm names for 2013-2014
Winter Storms 2013-2014
(MORE: Origin of the Names | Why Name Winter Storms?)
In all, there were 27 named winter storms in 2012-2013 spanning over five months beginning with the post-Sandy Winter Storm Athena in early November and ending with Winter Storm Achilles in early May.
(MORE: Winter's Named Storms from A to Z)
Not every winter weather system will receive a name. The Weather Channel has specific criteria in place to determine when we name a particular winter storm. Our two main criteria for naming a winter storm are:
- It is forecast to produce conditions that meet the National Weather Service winter-weather warning threshold(s) over a main population center or multiple states, beginning generally within 48 hours.
- It is forecast to produce winter weather conditions that would be historic, especially unusual, or memorable, beginning generally within 48 hours.
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New Haven, Conn.
A neighborhood near New Haven, Conn., is
buried in snow in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much
of New England. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Enid, Okla.
Kamika Ralstin,left, Sarah Blakley, back, and
Claudia Huerta sled down the slope of the South Van Buren overpass, Feb.
21, 2013, in Enid, Okla. (AP Photo/Enid News and Eagle, Bonnie Vculek)
Brooklyn, NY
A boy pulls a sled through a snowy Prospect
Park in Brooklyn the morning after a massive snow storm on February 9,
2013. (Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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