...When the storm strengthens into a major Nor'easter off the Northeast coast by the end of the weekend, a reappearance of wet snow will be definite across far northern New England Sunday night into Monday. The East Regional News story discusses that the difference between a deluge of rain and a burying and potentially record-challenging snowstorm over the rest of the interior Northeast will depend on the exact track of the storm.
Wherever the wet snow falls, our Winter Weather Center is warning that the weight of the snow, which will be loaded with moisture, could cause roofs to fail and may be responsible for power outages as power lines and tree limbs fall. The threat for flooding will quickly follow the storm's passage as temperatures moderate.
East of the threat for a late-season snowstorm, the East Regional News story also states that a flooding rain will begin to spread over the eastern mid-Atlantic states and coastal parts of New England Sunday with Monday's Boston Marathon possibly being adversely affected by the storm. Gale-force winds howling to the north of the storm will blast the immediate shoreline and bring a threat of coastal flooding and beach erosion...
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