Via The Weather Channel: Winter Storm Nemo: Potential Historic Blizzard Looms. The style is a little overwrought and over-bolded, but here's an excerpt. Click through for links and videos.
Winter Storm Nemo is now poised to become the latest example of a powerful, potentially historic, February storm.
Blizzard warnings have now been issued from parts of southern and eastern New England, including Boston, Hartford and Providence, to the New York City metro area and Long Island.
We lay out the forecast of heavy snow on this page, and layout the threats from damaging winds, coastal flooding, and travel impact on the following pages. Click the "next" button or "quick links" below to jump to those major threats:
The heaviest snow totals by early Sunday morning are expected in New England from coastal Maine to Connecticut, as well as parts of Upstate New York, where over one foot of snow is expected! Some locations, particularly in coastal New England, may top two feet of storm total snow! The following cities are in the threat for at least one foot of snow:
• Boston
• Hartford
• Providence
• Portland, Maine
This has the potential to be a top 10 snowstorm all-time in Boston!
According to the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., in records dating to 1892, there have been only six snowstorms of 20 inches or more in Boston, topped by the Feb. 17-18, 2003 snowstorm (27.5") and the infamous "Blizzard of '78" (Feb. 6-7; 27.1").
A snow total of 18.2" or more would place it in the top 10 list all-time.
