10:45 AM | ***Threat for powerful and potentially damaging winds later Thursday night into early Friday in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US***
Paul Dorian
Powerful and potentially damaging wind gusts are on the table for the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US from later Thursday night into early Friday. This certainly puts power outages on the table with the arrival of a very active cold frontal system. Map courtesy NOAA, Pivotal Weather
Overview
It looks like there will be a very active frontal passage in the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US from later Thursday night into early Friday. Temperatures will surge on Thursday ahead of the strong cold front and showers will become numerous by Thursday night. In fact, some of the rain can briefly fall on the heavy side later Thursday night into early Friday and there can be a thunderstorm or two mixed into the picture. Of more concern, however, is the likelihood for powerful winds from later Thursday night into early Friday and there can be potentially damaging wind gusts (i.e., power outages are on the table); especially, near and along the eastern seaboard from Virginia-to-Maine.
Low pressure and its associated strong cold front will result in a wide variety of weather conditions in coming days including some significant snowfall extending from Kansas-to-Michigan with the big Midwestern cities of Chicago and Detroit getting hard hit. Map courtesy NOAA, tropicaltidbits.com
Details
Low pressure and its associated strong cold front will wreak havoc on a good part of the nation over the next few days as it travels from the south-central states on late Wednesday to northern New England by early Friday. The intensifying low pressure system will produce widely varying conditions from accumulating snow on its cold side to severe weather in the warm sector. The heaviest snowfall over the next few days looks like it will extend from eastern Kansas to Michigan with the big Midwestern cities of Chicago and Detroit getting significant accumulations. In the warm sector, the threat for severe weather will be greatest in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Wednesday/Wednesday night and then in the southeastern states by Thursday and Thursday night.
Low pressure and its associated strong cold front will result in a wide variety of weather conditions in coming days including the threat of severe weather on Wednesday and Thursday across much of the south-central and southeastern US. Maps courtesy NOAA/SPC
In the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US, the biggest concern with this active frontal system will be winds which can be potentially damaging in the Thursday night/early Friday time frame and power outages are certainly on the table. There will be a surge in temperatures on Thursday ahead of the advancing front and showers will become numerous by Thursday night. In fact, some of the rain can briefly fall heavily on Thursday night/early Friday in the Mid-Atlantic/NE US and there can be a thunderstorm or two mixed into the picture. Winds will increase in strength during the day on Thursday from a southwesterly direction and could very well become quite powerful from later Thursday night into early Friday as the cold frontal system arrives. Early projections suggest winds can increase to 60+ mph in the Thursday night/early Friday time period; especially, along the eastern seaboard from Virginia-to-Maine.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield
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