Courteys of AccuWeather
Before heading out the door, I wanted to post quickly on the impending change in the US pattern which will follow this week’s Nor’easter.
I am eager to post on this given the still-bad situation throughout New Jersey, NY and LI. Received an email from my friend Derek and he tells me that his wife, Mary’s, parents have only had power restored Sunday and his own parents remain without power. They are one of 1.26 million who unfortunately still do not have power. Trouble is, the storm which should begin forming off Virginia Tuesday, is likely to only worsen the power crisis as more homes and businesses are likely to go dark. Especially ones which have just been restored.
I’m afraid to say but my anticipated 50-60 mph winds along the coast may be conservative and we may see gusts nearer hurricane-force. Overwash into already damaged beaches communities is bad news and will hamper the early stages of rebuilding.
Anyway, once this system heads slowly north Friday up into the Maritimes this weekend, cold air will flood the coastal Northeast and may bring snow all the way to the coast.
As we progress through the weekend and into next week, we’re going to start seeing troughiness deepen over the West with colder air replacing warmth all the way down to Southern California. The trough in the west will allowing ridging to develop in the East and so sunny but WARMER days along with a much more settled regime is on tap throughout the Northeast. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see highs return to the 70s from DC to Boston early next week. Storminess dropping into the western US should exit via the Great Lakes and not the Sandy-hit areas.
A decent spell of weather is on tap but we just need to get through the next few days and hopefully the impacts won’t be as severe as feared.
Stay tuned.
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