Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Snow forecast for parts of New England, Northwest

By NBC News staff

Up to 12 inches of further snowfall is forecast for parts of northern New England - and a second wintry storm is crossing the U.S. in its wake, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth.?The current snowfall in northern New York state and New England will continue through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, with as much as 15 inches possible in some areas.

Meanwhile, another cross-country storm ? Winter Storm Draco ? was expected to bring heavy snow to the Northwest on Monday.

The higher elevations of the Cascades will see as much as 2 to 3 feet of snow above 7000 ft, Weather.com reported, with significant accumulations below 3000 ft.

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The National Weather Service said the probability of ?large amounts of snow remains high across the majority of windward facing slopes of the Pacific Northwest and portions of the Northern Rockies.?

King5.com reported that the storm is expected to bring?high winds to Western Washington and whiteout conditions to the west slopes of the Cascades and passes.

The system is expected to move to the Southwest and Rockies Tuesday and Wednesday before bringing snow to the eastern half of the country later Wednesday through Friday.

Roth added there would likely be lake-effect snow threat behind the storm on Thursday and Friday.

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