New England is bracing for a possible winter storm this weekend. Meteorologist Jeremy Reiner says New England is on the northern edge of the storm and should not get a major snowfall accumulation.
The heaviest of the snow will fall in Southern New England in places like New Bedford and Buzzard’s Bay.
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The South and East are bracing for a nor’easter at week’s end with the potential for significant snowfall.
The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center warns of heavy, "perhaps crippling" snow across the northern mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that the city was preparing for blizzard conditions and up to 2 feet of snow. The city has requested Humvees from the National Guard to reach isolated people and places if necessary.
"If this is a blizzard and we have sustained winds and people lose power, that would be my biggest concern," Bowser said at a news conference. "We can move the snow. We will move the snow."
The bigger cities could get 1 to 2 feet of snow, but first the storm will bring ice and freezing rain to Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky starting Thursday, prediction center Meteorologist Rich Otto said. But it’s not yet clear where the storm will hit the hardest, he said Wednesday.
"There’s a lot of details that are yet to be seen," Otto said. "Subtle changes can make a big difference. We’ve seen that in storms in the past."
The storm may reach Philadelphia on Friday night and affect New York City and Long Island as it moves north.
In the areas where blizzard conditions are possible, the weather service warns that travel will be limited if not impossible and the strongest winds and potentially life threatening conditions are expected Friday night through Saturday night.
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