Major storm to impact Northeast...
The storm system that brought over a foot to many of the Western States, and Severe Thunderstorms to the Central and Southern States (to include a tornado in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area) is set to bear down on New England, as a Classic spring Nor'Easter.
Although NYC will probably see rain for most of the event (2-3 inches, with locally 4 inches) areas further West could see significant snowfall. Winds, and coastal flooding will be the main impact with the storm.
The central pressure of the storm is forecasted to be between 980mb and 990mb, equivalent to that of a strong tropical cyclone.
As with most storms, track is going to be the key to everything. A more inland track, even by 50 miles, and the storm doesn't turn out as impressive as thought, although remains a huge rain producer. People will always give the weather guys a hard time about busted forecasts, but it is simply amazing that a storm thousands of miles in length and width, with the power of millions of nuclear bombs, can be predicted days out in a fairly accurate manner.
This storm has been great to watch develop. After crossing the Rockies today, it just blew up, bringing a line of Severe weather along the associated Cold Front, stretching from the Central U.S. all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. There was actually a ton of potential for tornadic activity associated with this storm, which never really materialized (just a few tornadoes), but nevertherless, there have been many hail and high wind reports.
Without getting into too many meteorological terms, this is due in large part to the baroclinicity in the mid-lattitudes in the springtime (namely the month of April). This is generally when storms have the greatest potential for explosive growth, such as seen with this one.
