Another winter storm setup in store for Northeast and Midwest

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AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter warns of another winter storm setup with the increased potential for accumulating snow for the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States next week.

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00:00The February frenzy the stormiest weather pattern that we've seen this

00:06entire season and this month of February is just chock-loaded with storms. It sure

00:12is and it's going to be as you mentioned coast-to-coast a very energetic pattern

00:16with a frequent storm track from the west coast through the central plains

00:20all the way up into the mid-atlantic and northeast multiple bouts of disruptive

00:24snow and ice on the way. John let's talk about some highlights here for with

00:29these storms that you know these storms oftentimes will create bad news but for

00:33some parts of the country these storms are good news. They are and now one

00:37place is across the mid-atlantic and parts of the southeast where that

00:41short-term drought is going to be helped quite a lot by frequent rainfall and

00:45also a great of much lower risk of fires here across parts of Southern

00:50California as we do get some needed rainfall. Our expert long-range

00:54meteorologist Paul Passlock talking about an early spring coming for Texas

00:59and Florida that's certainly going to be the case in this pattern as well. Now

01:03our next storm John next week is what we refer to as the anomaly out of the

01:09pattern because this is mostly going to be a snow producer we think. Yes this is

01:14the storm that really stands out because it can be a more intense storm. It's

01:18going to have a fresh supply of cold air now it's not bitter cold air but it's

01:22cold enough for significant snow we think across parts of the northeast and

01:26even into the mid-atlantic as one storm system comes up toward the Appalachians

01:31another develops off the coast you know that's oftentimes a recipe for

01:35significant snow across the northeast and we expect that this time with needed

01:39moisture to the south. And there's a difference John a pretty large area

01:43where we could be looking at a few if not several inches of snow. That's right

01:48so a disruptive to significant snow likely from parts of the Midwest to the

01:52mid-atlantic and right up in the northeast including the big cities on

01:56the I-95 corridor especially Boston and New York City. Well let's talk about New

02:00York City if you're a planner everybody likes the plan what's going to happen

02:05well we have a little planner for you for New York City this month John. We

02:10sure do and take a look at how many times when you see blue on here that's a

02:15risk for snow pink icy mix and rain here in the green look at how frequent

02:20these storms are count them off here five or six storms through the month of

02:24February some of them are going to come in rapid succession this is going to be

02:28that's why we're saying this is a disruptive weather pattern with frequent

02:31snow and ice impacts. And you know John here's something to keep in mind this is

02:37really going to impact your life here over the next 30 days. Right it's going

02:42to be a disruptive pattern here in these areas because there's going to be

02:45frequent disruptions to everyday life think about this they'll be frequent

02:49school cancellations and delays and of course we know that causes all kinds of

02:52schedule challenges for parents and kids especially with those after-school

02:57activities as well this will result in travel disruptions travel mayhem at

03:02times because some of the areas that are impacted are the big hubs in the

03:05northeast and mid-atlantic part of the United States so New York Newark over

03:10toward Boston when you have flight delays and cancellations at those

03:13airports they can spread throughout the country and we also think for people who

03:17can work remotely they'll probably be more of that going on here in the coming

03:21weeks in this very active weather pattern I think people are going to say

03:24after this we need a breather in terms of dealing with some of these impacts.

03:28AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter. John thanks for joining us here

03:32on AccuWeather Early.

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