First big winter storm in years for the Northeast

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People from Virginia to Massachusetts should prepare for a major snowstorm this weekend.

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00:00 I say this all the time.

00:02 My friends storms do not stop at state lines and the one I'm

00:06 looking at right here in California is no exception.

00:09 This storm is going to move across the country and really

00:12 give us something to think about over the next week or so.

00:15 And as we head into the weekend,

00:17 this could be our first big winter storm of the year for

00:20 many of our northeast and mid Atlantic cities.

00:22 Now, as we head into Thursday and Friday,

00:24 here it goes across the Southern Plains.

00:26 We end up with snow back to the north,

00:28 rain back to the south, soaking areas like Texas,

00:30 where we are going to see some rain even earlier this week.

00:33 So we're going to keep a close eye on that flooding and flash

00:35 flooding potential.

00:36 And again, keeping a close eye on a bit of winter further to

00:38 the north.

00:39 But here's the thing.

00:40 As this storm moves across the Southern Plains and out toward

00:42 the Gulf, it really picks up on the Gulf moisture at the same

00:45 time as high pressure is helping to work in some cold air from

00:48 the north.

00:49 That is so important.

00:51 We need the cold air to get winter to happen in the

00:54 northeast.

00:55 That makes sense, right?

00:56 We haven't had that injection of cold air yet,

00:58 so we really haven't seen much northeast snow.

01:00 Now, as that cold air precedes the storm on Friday night and the

01:03 storm strengthens as it moves further to the north and east,

01:06 that combination can help us develop, again,

01:09 that first big winter storm back into the mid Atlantic and

01:12 northeast.

01:13 And you can see what we're looking at as our snow potential

01:15 here Saturday and Sunday.

01:16 From Cincinnati to Pittsburgh, back toward even, yes,

01:19 New York.

01:20 We're looking at you, southern New England,

01:22 and into the southern tier of upstate New York as well.

01:25 Mid Atlantic, we are looking at some accumulating snow into

01:27 cities, even like Philadelphia.

01:29 And in terms of that potential for six or more inches of snow,

01:32 here are some of the cities that we're eyeing up right now.

01:35 Harrisonburg, Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland,

01:37 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where, yeah,

01:39 we've seen a few lake effect flakes,

01:41 but this would certainly be a bigger event at this point in

01:43 the year.

01:44 Even Harrisburg and Scranton, Pennsylvania,

01:46 we'll be watching you closely as we move into this coming

01:48 weekend.

01:49 Stick with us as we continue to track this storm here on

01:51 AccuWeather.

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