The remains of Hurricane Zeta are now racing to the northeast and are resulting in a widespread heavy rain event today from the Appalachian Mountains to New England. This system will push off the Mid-Atlantic coastline early tonight, but a second low will form in the same general region by early tomorrow as a vigorous upper-level low arrives from the Tennessee Valley. This second storm will pull in colder air from the northwest by early tomorrow and the rain is likely to change to snow in interior, higher elevations sections of the Northeast US with small accumulations on the table in places like the Poconos (PA), Catskills, and Hudson Valley region of New York State. The first freeze will take place late tomorrow night in many spots of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US and a cold Halloween Day will follow. Another cold blast arrives on Sunday night and the first day of the new work week on Monday will feature windy and cold weather conditions with “lake effect” snows around the Great Lakes and to the western side of the Appalachians.
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The remains of Hurricane Zeta will combine with an upper-level low to generate a wide swath of heavy rain today from the Deep South to the southern part of New England. By late tonight, much colder air will begin to get wrapped into this powerful storm system as it exits off the Mid-Atlantic coastline. The result is likely to be a changeover to snow on Friday in some of the interior, higher-elevation locations of the Northeast US and accumulations are certainly on the table in some of these areas including the Poconos (PA) and Catskills (NY). The first freeze of the season is possible around here late Friday night/early Saturday and a chilly Halloween Day will follow on Saturday. Yet another impressive cold air outbreak will arrive in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US by early next week and there can be “lake effect” type snows in the Great Lakes with this next blast.
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Hurricane Zeta is headed for a landfall later today in the southeastern part of Louisiana - perhaps as a category 2 storm - and this will make the 5th direct hit this tropical season in that particular state. After landfall, Zeta will combine with an upper-level low to generate a wide swath of heavy rain from the Gulf coastal region to the southern part of New England. By late tomorrow night, much colder air will begin to get wrapped into this powerful storm system as it exits off the Mid-Atlantic coastline. The result is likely to be a changeover to snow on Friday in some of the interior, higher-elevation locations of the Northeast US and accumulations are certainly on the table in some of these areas. The first hard freeze of the season is likely to follow on Friday night/early Saturday in much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US and a cold Halloween will follow on Saturday. Yet another impressive cold air outbreak will arrive in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US by early next week and there can be “lake effect” type snows in the Great Lakes - perhaps even snow showers reaching the I-95 corridor later Monday.
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After landfall later today, the remains of “Zeta” will turn northeast and combine with a strong upper-level low to generate a powerful storm system and a significant rain event is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region from tomorrow into early Friday. By late tomorrow night, this powerful storm will likely be situated off the Mid-Atlantic coastline and a cold air mass will begin to get wrapped in. Following the departure of the storm, it’ll turn quite cold on Friday night with the first freeze of the season possible and low temperatures near the 30 degree mark. On Saturday, temperatures could very well average out to be some fifteen degrees below-normal making for quite a cold time of it for trick-or-treaters as we end the month of October. One final note, this is the weekend to turn the clocks back as of early Sunday morning, November 1st.
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While the Atlantic Basin tropical scene remains active, an Arctic blast continues to bring record-breaking cold to portions of the western and central US as well as some unusual early season accumulating snow and ice. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm “Zeta” is now entering the Gulf of Mexico after a brief encounter with the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico and it is quite likely to return to hurricane status (category 1) later today and then make a landfall later tomorrow in southeastern Louisiana. The remnants of “Zeta” will combine with a strong upper-level low now over the Southwest US to generate a significant rain event in the Tennessee Valley, Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US from Thursday into early Friday. On Friday, enough cold air will get wrapped into the powerful system to cause a changeover to snow to result in the first accumulating snows of the season for portions of the Northeast US. All of this will be followed by a cold Halloween on Saturday with temperatures some fifteen degrees below-normal in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US.
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Tropical Storm “Zeta” is headed for a landfall later tomorrow in the central Gulf coastal region of southeastern Louisiana likely as a category 1 hurricane. This system will then make a turn to the northeast after coming inland and head over the Southeast US and reach the Mid-Atlantic region by late Thursday. The tropical moisture from the remnants of “Zeta” will combine with vigorous upper-level support to result in a significant rain event for the Tennessee Valley, Mid-Atlantic region and southern New England from Thursday into early Friday. Later Friday, cold air will drop southeastward from the Great Lakes and get wrapped up into the storm system that will then be centered off the Mid-Atlantic coastline. This could actually result in a changeover to snow across portions of the Northeast US with accumulations on the table.
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While the Atlantic Basin tropical scene remains active, an Arctic blast has brought record-breaking cold to portions of the western and central US as well as some unusual early season accumulating snow. In fact, the accumulating snow will take place all the way down to New Mexico and Texas over the next 48 hours or so with some spots likely receiving a foot or more. Meanwhile, the remains of Tropical Storm “Zeta” are likely to produce significant rainfall across the Tennessee Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US from Thursday into Friday after making a mid-week landfall in the central Gulf coastal region. By later Friday, some of the cold air from this Arctic Blast will makes its way into the Northeast US and it could result in a changeover to snow in interior, higher elevation locations as moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm “Zeta” passes through the region.
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The new work week starts off quite unsettled in the Mid-Atlantic region with light rain or drizzle as a cold front approaches from the west. High pressure will take better control of our weather on Tuesday and Wednesday, but then a major rain event is in the offing from Thursday into Friday as the remains of Tropical Storm “Zeta” head our way. “Zeta” is currently located in the northwest Caribbean and is likely to reach hurricane status over the next couple of days as it heads towards a likely mid-week landfall in the central Gulf coastal region. After that, “Zeta” will first head to the Tennessee Valley on Thursday and then to the Mid-Atlantic coastline by Thursday night bringing significant rainfall to the region.
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It has already been quite cold for this time of year across much of the interior Northwest and Northern Plains with significant accumulating snow in many areas in recent days and the worse may be yet to come. An Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging over the next few days all the way down to the southwestern US and southern Plains and accumulating snow can fall all the way down to states like Texas and New Mexico. In addition, numerous record low temperatures are likely to fall from the Northern Rockies to the southern Plains during this unusual late October cold wave. Meanwhile, in the tropics, Hurricane “Epsilon” will turn to the northeast and accelerate this weekend out over the open waters of the North Atlantic. Another tropical system will intensify over the northwest Caribbean Sea – likely reaching tropical storm status this weekend – and then it could head towards the central Gulf coastal region by the middle of next week.
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Mild weather will continue in the Mid-Atlantic region through tomorrow, but then it turns colder tomorrow night and it'll be noticeably cooler on Sunday compared to Saturday. A low pressure system will cross the Great Lakes on Saturday and drag a cold front through the region by early tomorrow night. A couple of other frontal systems will keep it unsettled around here early next week.
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