Strong Damaging Winds and Flooding for Christmas Eve, Colder Weather Christmas Day

An unusually strong southerly jet is pushing mild, moist air up the East Coast.  Rain is forecast for Maine into eastern Canada tonight.  Strong low pressure will track into upstate New York early Friday morning dragging a cold front through the Northeast.  The weather will be colder, windy and drier with lake effect snow and scattered flurries and snow showers over New England.  Wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph will occur.  High Wind Warning along the coast and High Wind Advisory inland.  Flood watches are in effect. Have great holiday and New Years.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.

Fast Moving Snowstorm Expected on Wednesday in the Northeast...Strong Winds, Heavy Snow, Rain Along the Coast...

Low pressure will move out of the Gulf of Mexico along the coast to a position south and east of Long Island early Thursday morning. Cold high pressure will be present so that the precipitation will fall mostly as snow in the city with rain and sleet mixing in over the Jersey Shore and eastern Long Island.  This storm will be moving quickly but there is the potential for more than 6 inches of snow by early Thursday morning.  Cold, dry air will follow the storm for the latter half of the week. The North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation are both in the negative phase, which often means colder weather and the potential for snow in the Northeast. We are in the La Nina or cool phase of El Nino this winter. 

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.

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Nor'easter Tracking Northeast Off the Jersey Coast This Morning, Heavy Rain, Wind Gusts over 30 mph and Heavy Snow for Interior New England...

The first Nor'easter of December is moving northeastward off the New Jersey coast this morning.  Rain is falling in the city and along the coast.  Interior New England will see up to a foot of snow into tonight. After the storm moves away, the weather will be dry and seasonable for the Northeast for the next week.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist for Wright Weather Consulting, LLC. Visit our website at WrightWeather.com. Follow George Wright on Twitter @gwweather.