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November Snowstorm Pummels Great Lakes, Northeast

November 12, 2019
UPDATED By WeatherBug's Chris Sayles
The illustrious cold front bringing a winter whiteout across the U.S. will proceed into the eastern U.S. overnight.

Snow is falling from the Middle Mississippi Valley northeastward into Michigan and across southern Canada into northern New England tonight. This snow, accompanying an eastbound cold front, will slide north and east overnight into early Tuesday. Accumulating snow will be possible throughout the Ohio Valley into the central Appalachians, with significant snow falling across the eastern Great Lakes into the Adirondacks and the mountains of northern New England.

Snowfall accumulations across the central Plains and the Ohio Valley have been anywhere between 2 to 6 inches. Lake effect snowfall was in full stride on Monday across the Great Lakes, upstate New York, and extreme northern New England, with snowfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches being recorded and even more additional snowfall expected through Tuesday afternoon. Frigid air will sink into these regions and with a fresh layer of snow on the ground, slushy and icy roads may become skating rinks as temperatures remain below freezing through Tuesday morning. 

Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings are in effect from portions of northeastern Arkansas into northern Maine, including southeastern Missouri, south-central Illinois, much of Indiana, Michigan, western, southern and northern Ohio, Kentucky, western and central Tennessee, western North Carolina, West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, northern Pennsylvania, northern, western and central New York, Vermont, northern and central New Hampshire and Maine.

Further south, precipitation will be mostly rain from the Tennessee Valley through the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England, but a changeover to snow in the Tennessee Valley and the northern Appalachians can't be ruled out overnight and early Tuesday as the Arctic air arrives with the cold front. Light snow accumulations are possible as far south as the Tennessee Valley and Mid-Atlantic. Most of southern New England will likely see a light coating of snow on Tuesday. Boston, Hartford, Ct., the outskirts of New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C., could all receive a quick burst of snow.

As the arctic cold front passes, blustery, northwest winds will sweep across the Great Lakes and produce an epic lake-effect snow effect for early November standards. The lake-effect machine will continue to crank up for the typical favored snowbelts that line the shorelines of the Great Lakes from Michigan to northwestern Pennsylvania, and western New York state overnight into Tuesday. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for cities such as Benton Harbor and Port Huron, Mich., South Bend, Ind., Cleveland, Erie, Pa., Buffalo and Syracuse, N.Y. Localized snowfall totals of an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow are possible.

On Wednesday, high pressure slides into the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and the remainder of the Eastern Seaboard, bringing drier conditions and plenty of sunshine. However, temperatures in the 20s and 30s will impact locations that received accumulating snow. The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast along the coast will see daytime high temperatures in the lower 30s.