Powerful Snowstorm Expected to Affect Much of the East
by Kevin cutt
Winter storm warnings were in place for a large part of the Eastern United States on Sunday, from northwestern North Carolina to New York, with as much as two feet of snow and dangerous travel conditions expected in some places into Tuesday, forecasters said. The heaviest snow will probably fall in northeastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey, according to Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service who is based in Baltimore. “It’s pushing eastward and it’s starting to snow into the Mid-Atlantic up into the Northeast,” Mr. Oravec said. “And we do anticipate a pretty broad area of potentially heavy snows.” Snow is accumulating The storm brought more than six feet of snow and heavy rain to California last week before moving through the Midwest, leaving about eight inches of snow in Chicago, the National Weather Service said. ADVERTISEMENT Continue reading the main story Snow is expected in major metropolitan areas, from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, as well inland across northeastern Pennsylvania, upstate New York and most of New England, Mr. Oravec said.