Author: Cabarrus Weekly

KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE — Light snow continues to fall across portions of eastern Kentucky and East Tennessee late this evening, with radar showing scattered but occasionally heavier embedded bands stretching from Hazard and Pikeville southward through Kingsport, Johnson City and into the Knoxville area. While most lower elevations have seen minimal accumulation so far, localized…

NORTH CAROLINA — A developing late-week winter system is setting up the potential for snow and ice impacts across Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and much of New England Thursday into Friday, with forecast confidence growing on impacts but still uncertain on exact totals. New probability guidance shows a broad and expanding zone of at least…

MID-ATLANTIC COAST — Bright radar echoes across parts of Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern Maryland are signaling something important: heavy snowfall is developing aloft — not rain — as a strengthening coastal low continues to intensify offshore. Meteorologists analyzing midday radar imagery note that while radar remains in rain mode, the brightest returns are…

WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN — A rapidly intensifying coastal low has evolved into a classic bomb cyclone, deepening to around 973 mb just offshore of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, and forecasters say its structure follows the powerful Shapiro-Keyser cyclone model — a setup often associated with strengthening winds and heavy snow. Latest model data shows the…

NORTHEAST UNITED STATES — Snow is steadily piling up across parts of the Northeast, and early reports show Central Long Island topping the charts so far with 8 inches, while additional accumulation is expected as the system continues to intensify. According to the latest NWS Local Storm Report and CoCoRaHS snowfall analysis, over 1,200 reports…

MID-ATLANTIC & NORTHEAST — More than a quarter million people woke up in the dark this morning as a powerful winter storm continues to batter the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with heavy snow and strong coastal winds. As of the latest update, 255,527 customers across the region were without electricity while snow and 50–60+ mph gusts…

NEW ENGLAND — A ferocious Nor’easter continues to hammer the Northeast coastline with 1 to 2 feet of snow already reported in many areas and wind gusts reaching 70 mph along the coast, creating whiteout conditions and widespread disruption from New Jersey through Massachusetts. Snow is still falling and blowing hard as the powerful offshore…

EAST COAST — A powerful winter storm stretching from Virginia to Massachusetts has left more than 613,000 customers without electricity as of 11:00 a.m. ET on February 23, with outages continuing to increase while the storm remains in progress. The hardest-hit state is Massachusetts, where roughly 275,000 customers are without power. Nearly half of those…

NEW ENGLAND COAST — A powerful and intensifying Nor’easter is slamming the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastline with blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall rates, and strengthening winds that could reach hurricane-force gusts as the storm enters its peak phase. Forecasters describe this as a “classic, monster New England blizzard,” with more than 20 inches of snow…