Arctic front to cause bursts of snow in the Northeast this Wednesday

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After lingering lake-effect snow, a new system is going to sweep across the Great Lakes and through the Northeast from Wednesday evening into Thursday.

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00:00Big picture, just a quick glance. You can see most of the precipitation over the Great Lakes.

00:03There are some flurries around, but we look at the dew points, it's relatively dry air over the

00:08Delaware Valley and some of these flurries are barely making it down to the ground. So there is

00:13some evaporation taking place here as again some dryness is yet to be overcome. But there is a

00:19storm system that's crossing the Great Lakes and this is going to be a quick hitter and a system

00:26that kind of resembles an Alberta Clipper taking somewhat of a northern track through the northeast.

00:31So the footprint of snow associated with this on Wednesday is going to be largely over the

00:37northern part of Michigan and we'll begin to see an increase in snow showers late in the day

00:42into Pennsylvania and upstate New York. There will be some lake enhancement near the lakes,

00:46but you'll notice that the wind flow here actually comes from the south to the north.

00:50There's a warm front that initially lifts in on Wednesday evening. You will see some

00:54snow associated with that. Not pure lake effect in this case in northern PA. It's actually more

00:59closely tied to the warm front like feature. But then as this moves in Wednesday night 11 p.m.,

01:04snow is going to increase with an arctic front that I can draw on here. It's going to be an

01:09abrupt shift in the wind and when this tears in, look out for a burst of snow and it might be a

01:15quick 20 or 30 minute snow squall that can lead to a quick half inch of snow. May not last long,

01:20may not be piling up much, but it would be dangerous out there on the roads Wednesday

01:24night through Thursday. So beware of the dangers and hazardous travel into Thursday morning. Parts

01:29of I-95 will be problematic with a quick shot of some snow showers and snow squalls as well.

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