Up to foot of snow possible for Midwest, Northeast
Source: AP-Excite
A storm gathering steam over the southern Rockies is expected to dump up to a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest and perhaps even more on Boston, which is still recovering from a winter walloping it received just a few days ago. It's also bad news for those planning to drive to Super Bowl parties.
Here's the outlook:
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THE STORM
National Weather Service meteorologist Ricky Castro said the storm is expected to move into the Midwest on Saturday night and last through Sunday. He said it will be the most widespread storm of the season, thus far, dumping a significant amount of snow on swath of the country from Nebraska to Maine.
It's also forecast to be unusually slow-moving, meaning accumulations of between 5 to 12 inches are possible for parts of Iowa, northern Illinois, Indiana and northwest Ohio. Similar amounts of snow are expected for the Northeast on Monday with 10-14 inches forecast for Boston.
"This is going to be a very high-impact storm for a large swath of the eastern half of the country," Castro said.
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SUPER BOWL PARTY SPOILER?
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A storm system will slide into the Ohio Valley on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 bringing a chance of accumulating snow to parts of the Midwest. Showers and thunderstorms are possible across the South. The Pacific Northwest will see a mix of rain and snow. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
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Updated forecast: Omaha could see up to 6 inches of snow: http://www.omaha.com/weather/updated-forecast-omaha-could-see-up-to-inches-of-snow/article_f125d852-a915-11e4-acb4-23def76ff2e0.html
POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015 12:54 AM
By Patrick Duprey / World-Herald staff writer
The Omaha metropolitan area appears set to receive its most significant snowfall of the winter, according to the National Weather Service.
The Weather Service increased its projected weekend snowfall totals overnight from 3-4 inches to 4-6 inches. Jim Meyer, a meteorologist at the Weather Service's Valley, Nebraska, office, said Saturday a mix of rain and some snow could change over to snow around 5 p.m. today.
The worst of the storm is headed to our east, where areas along the I-80 corridor toward Des Moines could see 6-8 inches of snow, Meyer said.
In Omaha, the storm is a result of a convergence of a low pressure system to the west, a cold front dropping down from the north and moisture from the south, Meyer said. The front will bring cooler temperatures by 3 or 4 p.m., he said. Tonight's low is 20 degrees.
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