Potential Nor'easter Could Drop East Temperatures 20 Degrees, Bringing Rain, Snow and Coastal Flood Risk
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Updated · The Weather Channel · Nov 9
Potential Nor'easter Could Drop East Temperatures 20 Degrees, Bringing Rain, Snow and Coastal Flood Risk
3 articles · Updated · The Weather Channel · Nov 9
Summary
A late-week storm could deliver soaking rain, inland snow and gusty winds from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, with the first frost or freeze reaching millions across the East.
A deep jet-stream trough is set to drive temperatures down sharply—daytime highs may fall 20 degrees from Wednesday to Friday from Chicago to Atlanta, while weekend lows dip into the 30s as far south as the Florida Panhandle.
By Wednesday night, a low moving from the Midwest into the Ohio Valley is expected to spread rain from Georgia to Michigan; by Thursday night, a second low may form off the East Coast and turn some interior Northeast rain to wet snow.
Forecast confidence drops for Friday into the weekend: a track closer to the coast would raise the threat of stronger wind gusts, heavier precipitation and high-tide coastal flooding from North Carolina's northern Outer Banks to New England.
Accumulating snow is most likely in northern New England, upstate New York and the Appalachians, while the I-95 corridor is expected to stay above freezing; lake-effect bands could bring first-of-season snow around the Great Lakes.