A massive nor’easter, pounding the country’s Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region, undergoes the meteorological equivalent a fuel injection Tuesday once the remnants of Hurricane Wilma become part of its massive 2,200 mile diameter circulation. An area from Chicago, where northerly winds promise another day of sporadic lake rains, to Boston, home to 60 m.p.h. NE winds likely to generate two-story waves which tear at the nearby coast, is under this system’s far-reaching grip.
New York City has already recorded the equivalent of four Octobers worth of rain and may soar close to its all time 16.85” monthly precipitation record set in September, 1882 with today’s rain. But, cold air wrapping south on the storm’s backside shifts rain to snow Tuesday and threatens a tree and powerline-snapping 6-12” accumulation in the higher elevations of Pennsylvania, New York and northern New England.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
