By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
December 29,2013; 3:20PM,EST
Two storms will converge on the Northeast on Thursday with the potential for snow. How quickly they get together and strengthen will determine which areas are hit with heavy snow and which areas will have a near-miss.
The storm could have a major negative impact on travel for people returning from holiday destinations, heading back to school or resuming business activities.
People should be prepared for flight delays because direct and indirect impact of the storm. Flights destined to New York City, Philadelphia and other airports may be held up do to deicing activities in the Midwest and in New England.
While millions of people in New England are likely to be hit by the storm, the question is will an additional ten million people have to shovel out in the storm's wake Friday, including New York City and Philadelphia.
According to AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, "Enough snow to shovel and plow seems likely for much of New England during Thursday into Friday."
Even if the two Thursday storms are slow to converge, they should still wrap enough moisture around to produce a snowstorm over New England.
In part of central and northern New England the storm from Sunday night and Thursday will overlap, with the potential for over a foot of snow to be on the ground by late Friday.
It is too early to call for the mid-Atlantic.
"If the two storms merge and strengthen too far off the mid-Atlantic coast, only intermittent snow, flurries or perhaps even nothing may fall on the I-95 corridor from Philly to New York," Anderson stated.
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Even in areas as far south as Washington, D.C. and Richmond, the chance of snow is not zero if the storm strengthens quickly. Some snow could wrap around for a brief time, or be accompanied by another push of cold air.
In addition to the snowstorm in New England and the chance of accumulating snow in part of the I-95 mid-Atlantic, a swath of light to moderate snow will sweep from the Midwest to the central Appalachians during the middle of the week.
When combined with frigid temperatures, much of this snow will stick to the roads leading to slippery roads and travel delays from Chicago to Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Tune in to AccuWeather Live Mornings every weekday at 7 a.m. EST. We will be talking about the brutal Midwest cold and the potential snowstorm in the Northeast.
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