Most of the eastern third of the nation is blanketed by clouds generated by a strengthening low pressure system that will move off the Maryland-Delaware coast and further intensify over water as it tracks northeast hugging the coastline today. Flood Watches as well as Winter Storm Watches and Warnings for heavy snow are in effect over New England. Coastal flooding not seen for 15 years will result from strong east to NE winds gusting over 50 m.p.h. pounding the eastern seaboard with a surf that is already under high astronomical tides associated with the new moon. Inland along the coastline heavy rains of 2 to 5 inches will create additional flooding of rivers and streams from south of Washington, D.C. through eastern Pennsylvania and New York all the way north to eastern Maine. Heavy snow will fall in the colder air further inland with a band of a up to a foot or more forecast from northern Pennsylvania through central New York to western Maine.
--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
