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Latest Thinking on Weekend East Coast StormUpdated: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:14 AM

There continues to be concern here at AccuWeather.com that a storm may bring snow to the East Coast this weekend. Enough cold air will be in place, but the key to where and if any snow falls will be the track of the storm.


Regardless of its exact track, the weekend storm will take a path significantly different from today's storm. The current storm will head northward to the eastern Great Lakes, leaving the East Coast on its warm and rainy side.


Since the weekend storm should track over the western Atlantic Ocean, the East Coast will then lie on its chilly side. Enough cold air should be present that parts of region may receive some snow.


Our current thinking is that the storm will deliver accumulating snow across northern Texas on Friday with snow likely to make an appearance even in Houston. The bulk of the accumulating snow should then spread to the southern Appalachian Mountains and central Virginia on Saturday.


A period of wet snow or rain is possible in Philadelphia, New York City and south of Boston. Chilly rain will pour down in Richmond, Raleigh and Charlotte, but it could end as wet snow.


Above is our current thinking, but that is not set in stone. If the storm tracks slightly more offshore, places closer to the coast could receive more snow and endure the resultant travel problems. If the storm pushes far enough offshore, the weekend will just be cold and generally dry across the East Coast.


This is definitely a storm you will want to keep checking back in with AccuWeather.com for the latest updates.


Story By AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski

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[jasoncapecod]

Just remember that Accuweather is in the business of making headlines and generating a buzz, that drives people to their website..

 

[rfarren]

I looked at the GFS maps of that storm. It shouldn't even drop anything more than 30 miles inland from the coast. NYC might get an inch of snow, but it shouldn't affect Vt or the Daks at all. If it tracks a more westerly course, then the there is a chance the catskills could get hit, but that's about it. The storm after that should be interesting, although it is too far out to worry about. It could drop prodigious amounts of rain, with snow in its backside. If it runs a more southerly course NO' VT could get slammed.