Overview
- National Weather Service watches and advisories are in effect for parts of the Northeast with peak gusts of 50–60 mph expected roughly 9 p.m. to early Thursday morning.
- Meteorologists warn of scattered power outages and downed trees and power lines as the rapidly strengthening system tightens the pressure gradient over New England.
- Snow is forecast in higher elevations overnight into Thursday, including several inches in the White Mountains and over a half-foot on Mount Washington.
- Thursday turns blustery and colder behind the front with wind chills dropping into the 20s in spots before a brief rebound Friday into the weekend.
- A significant but transient cold shot late Sunday into early next week is forecast for the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and East, with lake-effect accumulations and first flakes possible and a Southeast frost or freeze in play.