New England's Monster Storm 2011 May Be the "Storm of the Century"
New England Ice, Snow, Wind, and Cold is a Two Part Winter Event
This two day event will bring to New England 60 mile an hour gusts of wind with ten foot snow drifts. This winter storm will dump up to two feet of snow on the ground, which will be covered with ice, according to the severe weather desk at Fox News. This is a one of a kind storm, which may be the biggest in history, and certainly one for the record books, according to Fox News live today.
Up to the minute weather in New England from CBS Connecticut has snow, heavy at times through the late afternoon hours. The snow may mix with sleet and freezing rain later today. The winds will pick up with 60 mph gusts expected. Some icing may occur late today.
The first part of the storm may break away to a lull later this evening, just for the fierce part two of this weather event to begin in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
The second part of this massive storm will start in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday and is expected to bring New England the worst weather of the two day storm.
The main concern from the second half of this storm is the ice that is expected on Wednesday. The upper atmosphere warmth will send rain down to ground level which is hovering around 15 degrees. The cold temperatures at ground level will make this an ice storm on contact. This is the weather New England has to look forward to tomorrow, according to NECN.
The final results of the accumulating snow from this storm can be two or more feet, which have some areas seeing four feet of snow outside their homes with the ground cover already there from previous snow storms. The wind with the ice on tree branches and wires is sure to cause wide spread outages.
The full blizzard that is making its way across the country has not reached New England yet, this is coming. Travel is already treacherous and expected to get much worse.
This two day storm that is "dumping snow and ice" in New England, has no end in sight until early Thursday morning, according to NECN.
Reference: Fox News Live, New England Cable News Live, Channel 3 Connecticut Live.
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4 Comments
Post a CommentVery interesting! I wonder how the Global Warming crowd will say this just proves they were right.
Well that's the name it is being given and it's definitely earning it's name..
I hear you Saul, this is what the weather people are naming this, not me. It isn't here yet, so who knows, it could all blow up to Canada!
What I love about "storms of the century" is that they're like "perfect storms" and "crimes of the century" and "trials of the century." Hyperbole sells... and that's it. But in a hundred-year span, with only a decade gone, there are 90 years in which to compare future storms to the current "storm of the century." It could very well be the "storm of the century," but I'll wait to see if it is even the worst storm of the year or the last ten years...