A storm will continue to deliver one of the heaviest snowfalls of the cold weather season for the northern portion of the northeastern United States, AccuWeather meteorologists say. However, while the April nor’easter will have skiers jumping for joy, the storm will cause problems in a region that generally embraces snow. A storm back on...
A strengthening nor'easter will continue to unload heavy snow that will clog roads and also bring down trees and power lines in northern New England and upstate New York.The Northeast region of the U.S. was drenched by soaking rainfall and spring snowfall on April 3, and that is expected to continue heading into the latter half of the week.
The AccuWeather Local StormMax™ snowfall for the budding April nor'easter is a whopping 42 inches and is most likely to occur over the ridges and peaks of the Presidential Range, the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. Most wind gusts will range between 40 and 60 mph, with higher speeds along the southern Maine coast and slopes of the mountains in northern New England. The AccuWeather Local StormMax™ gust is 80 mph.
Snowfall had already topped the 1-foot mark in portions of Maine and the mountains of New Hampshire, Vermont and northeastern New York as of mid-afternoon on Thursday. Much more will fall into early Friday.
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