Heavy Snow Expected Across the Rocky Mountains
10/18/24 10:54am ET
Good morning everyone. Cobalt blue skies grace the Northeast as dry air settles in and high pressure keeps a strong, compact coastal storm well offshore. That’ll bring some enhanced tides and some coastal flooding issues, but overall we have a glorious 5 day stretch for much of the region.
Temperatures range from seasonable to seasonably cool today as air modifies away from the big chill, then we begin to go mild tomorrow. Near 70 degree temps for the coastal plain tomorrow will give way to mid 70’s on Sunday, and possibly 75-80 on Monday. We’ll hold onto that very mild air on Tuesday, then we begin to cool off again.
Our big story remains out west, with a formidable low pressure system sweeping through the Rockies and coming out into the western Plains. This will trigger both heavy showers & thunderstorms with the potential for isolated severe weather, plus heavy snows in the higher elevation mountains. In high elevation areas, 1-2ft of snow is not out of the question.