The path of a weekend nor'easter is becoming clearer as 55 million people from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England potentially face a dangerous threat of heavy snow and howling winds, according to forecasts
The storm is expected to form Friday off the coast of the Carolinas and then move northward up the East Coast overnight into Saturday as it rapidly strengthens in a process called bombogenesis. Also referred to as a bomb cyclone, the process happens when a storm drops a certain amount of atmospheric pressure over a 24-hour period.
How strong a blizzard's impact may be 01:20New York City forecast remains uncertain And while the storm's track has become clearer over the past 24 hours, its impact in some areas is still unpredictable. A European forecast model shows New York City on the edge of the snow-or-no-snow divide, but it still predicts a heaping pile of snow. The American model shows nearly nothing for the city. A third model indicates a foot or more of snow.
— NWS New York NY January 27, 2022 The NWS prediction as of early Friday is between 6 and 9 inches of snow, with wind gusts up to 50 mph. However, it says there is a 10% chance that the bomb cyclone may dump more than 17 inches of snow -- while also giving a 10% chance of zero snow.And direction is playing a vital role in this storm's projection, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers pointed out. "It's like a bowling ball going right down the middle or slightly off-center.
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