Northeast rain persists along I-95 with snow in the interior Northeast

A nor’easter brings the first accumulating snow of the season for parts of the Northeast Interior Snow Belt and Great Lakes. This will also bring some early frosts and freezes to parts of the East and Southeast.

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Rain falls across much of the I-95 corridor while snow falls in parts of the interior Northeast.

Albany, Binghamton, Scranton and Syracuse were among the cities with their first snow of the season so far. Up to 12 inches of heavy, wet snow were reported in two locations in upstate New York, between Albany and Syracuse, Thursday evening.

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The storm brought severe weather to parts of the Northeast Thursday afternoon. There were several reports of damaging winds, large hail and even a tornado near Wilmington, Delaware.

Another tornado apparently touched down in Burlington County, New Jersey on Thursday. On Friday, a National Weather Service investigation will determine whether the damage was caused by a tornado.

Forecast schedule

Here’s when we expect this storm system to peak and fade away:

• Friday: Rain and some winds persist across southern New England, metro New York and New Jersey. Wet snow persists across the interior Northeast, particularly over the hills and mountains from New England to eastern Pennsylvania. Lake-effect rain and snow showers will continue across the western Great Lakes. A few rain or wet snow showers are possible from the Ohio Valley, with the greatest chance of snow again in the Appalachians.
• SATURDAY: Lingering lake-effect rain and snow showers, with a few snow showers continuing across the Appalachian Mountains and parts of upstate New York and northern New England. Winds blowing from the north to the northwest will persist over the northeast.

(CARDS: 7-day U.S. rain and snow forecast)

First snowfall

The best chance for additional wet snow accumulation through Saturday will be in the interior hills and mountains of the Northeast and some locations in the Great Lakes Snow Belt, including:

• The Green and White Mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire
• The Berkshires of Western Massachusetts
• The Adirondacks and Catskills of Upstate New York
• The Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee

Some wet snow is also possible in Great Lakes snow belts as far south as northern Indiana, northeast Ohio and southwest New York, as well as parts of the Ohio Valley with brief showers.

In many of these areas, this would be the first snow of the season.

If you are traveling in these areas through Saturday, be alert for any accumulation of slush on the roads, especially at night. It doesn’t take a lot of accumulation on the roads to make them slippery, especially on bridges and overpasses. Slow down and leave extra distance between you and the vehicle in front of you.

Winds will also be quite strong, reaching 30 mph possible.

(MORE: Lake effect snow and El Niño | When does the first snow usually fall?)

First frosts, freezes

Colder air will be drawn southward, not only across the Midwest and Northeast, but also deep into the Southeast behind this storm system.

This weekend, the first frost of the season could occur as far south as much of the Carolinas, north and central Georgia, and north and central Alabama. Frost and freeze warnings are issued for parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and northern Georgia through Saturday morning, as lows dip into the upper 20s and lower 30s.

If you have sensitive potted plants outdoors in these southeastern areas, you may want to bring them indoors before this weekend.

Daytime highs will remain stuck in the 40s across much of the Midwest and Northeast Friday through the weekend, while most of the Carolinas and Tennessee Valley won’t see highs rise above the 50s.

This stubborn cold area is expected to persist in the East until early next week.

(CARDS: U.S. 10-Day Highs and Lows Forecast)

What is a nor’easter?

A nor’easter is simply an area of ​​low pressure off the East Coast that produces winds blowing from the northeast – that’s it.

Northeast holidays can occur throughout much of the year and do not necessarily bring heavy snowfall. They are more common during the winter months, and when the air is cold enough, snow falls more widely.

(MORE: What is a nor’easter?)

In this case, this nor’easter is not It is expected to be a high impact storm.

Indeed, the low pressure area should not be as strong and the pressure difference between it and the high pressure over Canada is not large.

For these reasons, precipitation near the coast and along parts of the Interstate 95 corridor is not likely to produce widespread flash flooding. And any coastal flooding from onshore winds along the northeast coast is expected to be mostly minor at high tide.

Rob Shackelford is a meteorologist and climatologist at Weather.com. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Georgia, where he studied meteorology and experimented with alternative hurricane forecasting tools.

Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at Weather.com and has covered national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather conditions are his favorite topics. Contact him on Blue sky, X (formerly Twitter) And Facebook.