Snow to bring slick travel, delays for Monday morning commute in Northeast

Alex Sosnowski
·2 min read

A storm system racing through the northern U.S. the beginning of the week will bring a quick accumulation of snow to parts of the Northeast, before the Monday morning commute.

The same quick-hitting storm that spread accumulating snow to parts of the Upper Midwest on Sunday approached the Northeast Sunday night.

Up to around 15 inches of snow had been reported across Minnesota with the highest of the reports from Lake Crystal at 15.5 inches.

The fast-moving nature of the storm, and marginal temperatures, will limit the duration, amount and coverage of wintry travel in the Northeast. Still, a significant part of the snow fell prior to the morning rush hour over northern and western New York state and northern and central New England, causing some travel issues.

Most areas can expect a blanket of 1-3 inches of snow, but 3-6 inches are forecast over the higher elevations of upstate New York and New England.

An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 8 inches is most likely in the highest elevations of the Adirondacks and western Maine.

Precipitation started as snow from Ohio to northern Pennsylvania where cold air will held on at the start of the storm, but as warm air crept northward, snow quickly changed over to rain overnight.

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Into Monday, the storm will bring rain along the I-95 corridor of the Northeast from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston with temperatures reaching the 40s and 50s.

Forecasters warn that motorists venturing through the I-81, I-87, I-89 and I-93 corridors across northern New York and New England, where temperatures will be within a few degrees of freezing, should be prepared for areas of snow, slush and slippery conditions Monday.

As people head to the polls for the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, some wintry weather weather could return to the area.

A storm system moving into the mid-Atlantic to start the week could bring precipitation back into the area, especially to southern parts of the state. Cold air on the northern side of the storm could cause precipitation to fall as snow.

Other weak systems could follow suit and deliver snow to the northern tier of the U.S. into the middle of February.

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